European bloc imperialism

Author(s)

• Canterbury, Dennis C. (Dennis Compton)

Bibliographic Information

European bloc imperialism

Dennis C. Canterbury

（Studies in critical social sciences）

Haymarket Books, 2012

• : pbk

Note

First published in 2010 by Brill Academic Pub.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-366) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Recent debates on imperialism have focused on the means by which Euro-American capital is spread around the globe. The Economic Partnership Agreements being foisted on the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries by the European Union, however, has been under the radar. European Bloc Imperialism plays a vital role in filling that void by bringing into focus the economic partnership agreement as a conduit of European imperialism. By respected Professor of Sociology Dennis C. Canterbury, this is a bold examination of the reality of modern international trade.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Outline of European Bloc Imperialism Problematic and Method European Trade and Theories of Imperialism Ten Theses on the Characteristic Features of European Bloc Imperialism Structure of Arguments Chapter 2: Hemispheric Settings for European Bloc Imperialism Transition from Colonialism to New American Century Doctrine Authoritarianism in the Service of Imperialism Conclusion Chapter 3: The Anatomy of Two Imperialist Regimes Structural Adjustment and Economic Partnership Agreement The "Global Europe" Doctrine Global Europe Versus US-Led Globalization Chapter 4: The Rise of European and ACP Blocs and US Hegemony Some Theoretical Considerations The EU Comes to Fruition The ACP Group of States US Hegemony Over the European Union Conclusion Chapter 5: The Emergence of European Bloc Imperialism European Bloc Imperialist Backlash to the Banana Trade War The CARIFORUM-EU EPA European Bloc Imperialist Stranglehold Pushback against European Bloc Imperialism Conclusion Chapter 6: The Theoretical Foundations of European Bloc Imperialism The Theoretical Lineage of the EPAs Neoliberal Theoretical Foundation of EPAs Neoliberalism in the Caribbean The Prospects of the CARIFORUM-EU EPA Conclusion: Weaknesses of Neoliberal Theory Chapter 7: The CARIFORUM-EU EPA and Development Theory False Origins of Development Theory Prevailing Ideas on Caribbean Development Deepening Euro-American Domination CARIFORUM-EU EPA as a Development Strategy Alternative Development Visions to the CARIFORUM-EU EPA Chapter 8: The Critics of the CARIFORUM-EU EPA European Bloc Imperialism Defines Civil Society Reformist Views from Caribbean Civil Society Views from the Public Sector Critique by Prominent Caribbean Academics Conclusion: Critique of the Critics Chapter 9: Caribbean EPA Negotiators In the Bosom of EU Bloc Imperialism The Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery The CRNM's Strategy against Its Critics The CRNM in Denial of EU Pressure and Defends the EPA The CRNM's 'Facts' versus Its Critics' 'Fiction" on the EPA Singing in the CRNM's Chorus In Further Defence of the EPA The CRNM's Approach to the EPA Negotiations Message of Appreciation from the CRNM Principal Negotiator Conclusion: Requiem for the CRNM or Reigning in the Putsch Chapter 10: The EPA and the Food and Fuel Crises Caribbean Agriculture: Central Issues and Neoliberal Views Food Security Crisis and the Caribbean Agricultural Trade Concerns of Small States Policies to Reverse Food Security Crisis The Fuel Crisis and Petrocaribe Chapter 11: The Global Financial and Economic Crises and the EU-EPAs State Protection for the Powerful, Free Market for the Poor Financial Crisis Detonates Europe in Crisis: The State to the Rescue Worker-Layoffs and Social Unrest The Efficient State and Inefficient Market: A False Debate The G-20 and IMF State Interventionist Prescriptions Chapter 12: The Caribbean in the Global Financial and Economic Crises Assessing the Impacts of the Crises on the Caribbean The Stanford Financial and CL Financial Groups Policy Options for the Caribbean Region Alternatives to Proffered Policy Options Chapter 13: European Bloc Imperialism, Governance and Sustainable Development Governance - Outline of An Imperialist Concept Critique of Governance and Good Governance European Bloc Imperialist Development Vision Problems with EU Development Vision The EU's Sustainable Development Strategy Sustainable Development as Alternative Development Theory Further Critique of Neoliberal Sustainable Development EPA: Sustainable Development or European Bloc Imperialism Conclusion: Linking Good Governance and Sustainable Development Bibliography Index

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Details

• NCID: BB11651952
• ISBN:
  • 9781608462049
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Chicago, Ill
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 383 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 337.401724
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Globalization -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries
  • LCSH : Neoliberalism -- Developing countries
  • LCSH : Imperialism
  • LCSH : European Union countries -- Foreign economic relations -- Developing countries
  • LCSH : Developing countries -- Foreign economic relations -- European Union countries
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA70442845