In this significant Marxist critique of contemporary American imperialism, the cultural theorist Randy Martin argues that a finance-based logic of risk control has come to dominate Americans everyday lives as well as U.S. foreign and domestic policy. Risk management the ability to adjust for risk and to leverage it for financial gain is the key to personal finance as well as the defining element of the massive global market in financial derivatives. The United States wages its amorphous war on terror by leveraging particular interventions (such as Iraq) to much larger ends (winning the war on...
In this significant Marxist critique of contemporary American imperialism, the cultural theorist Randy Martin argues that a finance-based logic of ris...
What are the implications of the massive movement of children from poor nations to the more affluent West? How is adoption made possible by globalizing forces, facilitated by new media technologies such as the Internet, and inflected by the cultural politics of multiculturalism?
What are the implications of the massive movement of children from poor nations to the more affluent West? How is adoption made possible by globalizin...
Addressing how national immigration concerns play out at urban, rural, and suburban levels in the state of New York, this special issue of "Social Text "offers new insight into an area of study that has long been focused primarily on cities. As new Latino/a immigrants change the culture and social fabric of small communities and reshape policy concerns, suburban and rural regions are becoming key locations for anti-immigrant acts and immigrant social justice organizing. This special issue presents immigrant stories and community and advocacy responses that underscore the need to recognize the...
Addressing how national immigration concerns play out at urban, rural, and suburban levels in the state of New York, this special issue of "Social Tex...
