Globalization, Hegemony and Power: Antisystemic Movements and the Global System

by Reifer,Thomas

• ISBN13: 9781594510274
• ISBN10: 159451027X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-15
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book explores the closely related dynamics of globalization, hegemony and resistance movements in the modern world. Complemented by dramatic explorations of the new trans-border resistance movements, from the contemporary labor movement to the resurgence of nationalism, this book moves beyond the traditional focus on cycles of rise and decline of great powers to assess the pressing questions at the intersection of contemporary globalizations and hegemonic rise, decline and resurgence of civilizations. Moreover, the book provides a compelling analysis of the role of contemporary globalization in the resurgence of Islamic activism across the globe and the challenges this poses for traditional theories of modernity and global social movements.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	iv
Preface and Acknowledgments	v
Introduction: Hegemony, State-Corporate Globalization, and Antisystemic Movements: Contending Theoretical and Historical Approaches	1	(18)
Thomas Ehrlich Reifer
Part I: Contemporary Globalization
The United States in Decline?	19	(16)
Immanuel Wallerstein
The Phoenix Cycle: Global Leadership Transition in a Long-Wave Perspective	35	(19)
Joachim Karl Rennstich
From State Hegemonies to Transnational Hegemony: A Global Capitalism Approach	54	(20)
William I. Robinson
Quantifying Hegemony in the World Economy	74	(14)
Jeffrey Kentor
Servants of the World System: An Analysis of Servitude in the United States and the New International Division of Reproductive Labor	88	(22)
Amy Holmes
Gobalization: The New Mechanism of Dependency	110	(21)
Kathleen C. Schwartzman
The Sweatshop Dynamic: U.S. Shipper Hegemony in the Global Logistics Sector of Los Angeles	131	(18)
Edna Bonacich
Part II: Counterhegemonle Social Movements
Hegemonic Decline and Revolution: When the World Is Up for Grabs	149	(13)
Terry Boswell
The Politics of Global Islam: U.S. Hegemony, Globalization, and Islamist Social Movements	162	(19)
Paul M. Lubeck
Thomas Ehrlich Reifer
Hegemony Lost: Understanding Islamic Fundamentalism	181	(26)
Lauren Langman
About the Contributors	207	(2)
Series List	209