The Continuing Imperialism of Free Trade: Developments, Trends and the Role of Supranational Agents

ISBN-13: 9781138301085 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 188 str.

Jo Grady; Chris Grocott

Opis

In 1953, John Gallagher and Ronald Robinson’s essay ‘The Imperialism of Free Trade’ shook the foundations of imperial history by reshaping how historians saw the British empire. Expanding on this, this book provides an analysis of imperialism that brings the reader right up to the present.

Spis treści

List of Contributors. List of Tables and Photographs.  Introduction: The Continuing Imperialism of Free Trade, Jo Grady and Chris Grocott.  Part 1: The Imperialism of Free Trade in Historical Context.  1. Gladstone, Suakin and the Imperialism of British Liberalism, James Fargher.  2. Spain and Britain’s Informal Empire, Nick Sharman.  3. Economic Imperialism in Cuba, 1898-2017: Hegemony and Embargo, Adam Burns.  Part 2: Periphery-Metropolitan Relationships.  4. Imperialism　and the Military-Peasantry Complex, Gibson Burrell.  5. The Good Friday Agreement and Britain’s ‘Deep State’: Britain’s Long Goodbye and Speedy Return, Paul Stewart and Tommy McKearney.  Part 3: Supra-National Agents of Imperialism.  6. Policy as a Tool of Economic Imperialism?, Martin Quinn.  7. The Role of Troika in the Greek Economic Crisis and its Social and Political Consequences, Costas Eleftheriou and Orestis Papadopoulos.  8. Lessons from Marikana? South Africa’s Sub-Imperialism and the Rise of Blockadia, Jasper Finkeldey.  9. Chile's trade policies in the context of US contemporary imperialism: The Free Trade Agenda and the loss of National Autonomy, José Miguel Ahumada.  Part 4: Financialisation and the Continuing Imperialism of Free Trade.  10. Imperialism, Dirty Money Centres and the Financial Elite, Matthew Higgins, Veronica Morino and Nigel Iyer.  11. Commissioning Imperialism: EU Trade Deals Under Neoliberalism, Mark Dearn. Bibliography. Index.