The economic and political dangers of globalization : a non-Western perspective on global capitalism / Dipak Basu, Victoria Miroshnik.

This book explores the economic and political impact of US aggression and the rise of China. Charting the impact of globalization from the Greek and Roman Empires onwards, the contemporary challenges posed by globalization is analysed in relation to both multinational companies and Wall Street banks...

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Main Authors: Basu, Dipak (Author), Miroshnik, Victoria, 1969- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Historical context: First Globalization, British Empire, effects on the colonies, Industrial revolution in Britain, Deindustrialization in Bengal, slave trade
  • 2. New Globalization starts with the abolition of the Soviet Union in 1991. WTO in 1995, impacts on Yugoslavia, Brazil, India. Farmers revolt in India
  • 3. Chinese Empire since 1949, occupation of Tibet, East Turkestan, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria and plan for Formosa
  • 4. Chinas entry to WTO, fear and reality, Chinas trade policy, exchange rate policy, labour policy, Belt and Road initiative, Debt trap creation, recent Chinas expanding empire in South China Sea, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Africa, Cambodia, Corona virus and its political effects
  • 5. American Empire and its recent expansion in Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yugoslavia, and Ukraine
  • 6. American resistance and collaboration to China, Trump, Democratic Party, Wall Street
  • 7. The future, Mandala Concept, Concepts of religious philosophies
  • 8. Conclusion.