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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Demystifying Imperial Finance
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Contours and Sources of Imperial Finance
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Constructing the Pillars of Imperial Finance
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Conclusion
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About this book
Reviews
'Panitch and Konings do a marvellous job in bringing together a set of innovative and rigorous chapters that throw critical light on the obscure and complex nature of the American Empire and its role in shaping the landscape of contemporary capitalism. This book is essential reading in understanding how the world works.' - Susanne Soederberg, Canada Research Chair, Global Development Studies, Queen's University, Canada
'This work, written by some of the world's finest scholars on the topic, breaks new ground by demonstrating how finance is anchored in the social structure of the United States in profound and often unique ways. This takes the book far beyond routine assessments of how a dominant political and economic power translates its superiority into financial clout; compared to Europe, let alone the rest of the world, American capitalism also connects a wide variety of interests directly into the financial system. If Gramsci once said that in the United States hegemony grows directly in the factory, this collection demonstrates that it is also directly translated into hegemony in the global financial system. Are we now witness to its demise? At a time of profound financial disturbance, no student of global political economy can afford to ignore this eminent collection.' - Kees van der Pijl, Professor of International Relations, University of Sussex, UK, and author of Global Rivalries from the Cold War to Iraq
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
MARTIJN KONINGS is currently a researcher at York University, Toronto, Canada.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: American Empire and the Political Economy of Global Finance
Editors: Leo Panitch, Martijn Konings
Series Title: International Political Economy Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230227675
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-55126-8Published: 24 July 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-230-23608-0Published: 24 July 2008
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-22767-5Published: 24 July 2008
Series ISSN: 2662-2483
Series E-ISSN: 2662-2491
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 334
Topics: Economic Policy, International Political Economy, International Relations, European Politics, International Economics, Imperialism and Colonialism