Multipolarization, South-South Cooperation and the Rise of Post-Hegemonic Governance

ISBN-13: 9781138600232 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 156 str.

Efe Can Gurcan

Opis

This book focuses on the historical, political-economic, and geopolitical context in which major Southern countries implement a post-hegemonic agenda. Providing a global and comprehensive perspective through a series of focused case studies, it develops a new approach to the multipolarization of world politics based on "global hegemony".

Spis treści

Introduction. 1 Neoliberal Globalization and the Downfall of "Open Regionalism": The Latin American Case. 2 The Strategic and Economic Crisis of "Open Regionalism" in Europe 3 South-South Cooperation and the BRICS: Towards a Post-Hegemonic Global Governance? 4 The BRICS and Africa’s Post-Hegemonic Transformation 5 The Latin American Left and Post-Hegemonic Regionalism: The Regional Quest for Social Justice and Development 6 The Question of Eurasian Security and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization under US Interventionism Conclusion

O autorze

Efe Can Gürcan is a lecturer in International Studies and Sociology at Simon Fraser University in Canada. He has published over a dozen articles and book chapters on international development, international cooperation, and social movements, with a geographical focus on Latin America and the Middle East. His recent co-authored books are Challenging Neoliberalism at Turkey’s Gezi Park (2015) and Neoliberalism and the Changing Face of Unionism (2016). His latest articles address the geopolitical and political-ecological factors impinging on the Syrian conflict since 2011.