Oxford Handbook of Economic Imperialism

Including thirty-four chapters written by academics and experts in the field of international political economy, The Oxford Handbook of Economic Imperialism examines the history of economic imperialism from the early modern age to the present. The Handbook demonstrates the persistence of economic imperialism in today's postcolonial world, and the enduring control wielded by great powers even after the end of formal empire. Moreover, the Handbook reveals how emerging powers are expanding economic control in new geographic and geopolitical contexts, and highlights the significance of economic imperialism in the structures, relations, processes, and ideas that sustain poverty and conflict worldwide.

List of contents

• List of Contributors


• 1. Introduction to The Oxford Handbook of Economic Imperialism


• By Zak Cope and Immanuel Ness


• PART ONE. THEORY


• 2. Imperialism and Its Critics: A Brief Conspectus


• By Zak Cope


• 3. Classical Marxist Imperialism Theory: Continuity, Change, and Relevance


• By Murray Leigh Noonan


• 4. Marxist Theories of Imperialism in the Post-Cold War Era


• By Efe Can Gürcan


• 5. Theories of International Trade and Economic Imperialism


• By Bill Dunn


• 6. Capitalism, Imperialism, and Crises


• By Shireen Moosvi


• 7. The Clash of Interpretations: World-Systems Analysis and International Relations Theory


• By Chamsy El-Ojelli and Patrick Hayden


• PART TWO. INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY


• 8. Neoliberalism, Globalization, and Late Capitalism: Capital, Ideology, and Making the World Market


• By Toby Carroll


• 9. Imperialism from the Eleventh Century to the Twenty-First Century


• By Amiya Kumar Bagchi


• 10. Slavery, Capitalism, and Imperialism


• By Sébastien Rioux


• 11. Development, Underdevelopment, and the North-South Divide


• By Kunibert Raffer


• 12. Global Value Chains and Global Value Transfer


• By Susan Newman


• 13. International Exploitation, Capital Export, and Unequal Exchange


• By Jonathan F. Cogliano, Soh Kaneko, Roberto Veneziani, and Naoki Yoshihara


• 14. Imperialism, Unequal Exchange, and Labour Export


• By Raúl Delgado Wise


• 15. Surplus Labour: Imperialist Legacies and Post-Imperialist Practices


• By Christoph Scherrer


• 16. Locating Agrarian Labour within the Contours of Imperialism: A Historical Review


• By Arindam Banerjee


• 17. Women, Domestic Labor, and Economic Imperialism


• By Han Cheng


• 18. Protecting Water and Forest Resources Against Colonization in the Indigenous Américas


• By Macarena Gómez-Barris


• 19. Imperialism, the Mismeasurement of Poverty, and the Masking of Global Exploitation


• By Seth Donnelly


• 20. Tertiarisation, Financialisation, and Economic Imperialism


• By Kalle Blomberg


• 21. The Hegemony of the Global Exploitation of Humans and Nature: The Imperial Mode of Living


• By Ulrich Brand and Markus Wissen


• 22. The Political Economy of Militarism


• By Adem Yavuz Elveren


• PART THREE. WORLD REGIONS


• 23. South Asian Economies in Two Imperialist Regimes Between 1950 and 2020


• By Vamsi Vakulabharanam


• 24. Power Competition and Exploitation in Southeast Asia


• By Johannes Dragsbaek Schmidt


• 25. The Capitalist World System and Economic Imperialism in East Asia


• By Minqi Li


• 26. Pacific Islands: Sources of Raw Materials


• By Marta Gentilucci


• 27. Extractivism and Resistance in North Africa


• By Hamza Hamouchene


• 28. Railway Imperialisms in East Africa: Laying the Tracks for Exploitation


• By Tim Zajontz


• 29. Southern Africa: A New Geometry of Imperialism


• By Ricado Jacobs and William G. Martin


• 30. Asymmetric Interdependence: North America's Political Economy


• By Julián Castro-Rea


• 31. Colombia and OECD: How Institutional Imperialism Shapes the Global Order and National Development


• By Brayan Camilo Rojas and Ernesto Vivares


• 32. Eastern Europe's Post-Transitional Integration into Western Economic Relations Through Social Labour Recognition


• By Ivan Rubinic and Maks Tajnikar


• 33. Land Grabbing in Southeastern Europe in Historical Context


• By Nazif Mandaci


• 34. Colonial Legacies and Global Networks in Central Asia and the Caucasus


• By Brent D. Hierman

About the author

Zak Cope is a Visiting Researcher at Queen's University Belfast, where he received his PhD in Politics. He is co-editor of The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism. His published books include Dimensions of Prejudice, Divided World Divided Class, and The Wealth of (Some) Nations.

Immanuel Ness is Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College, City University of New York and Visiting Professor of Sociology at University of Johannesburg. He is author of numerous books and articles on labour, migration, and the state. He is editor of the periodical Journal of Labor and Society. His most recent work is Organizing Insurgency: Workers' Movements in the Global South.

Summary

Imperialism has resurfaced as an area of scholarly study in recent years, particularly among those concerned with political economy and international relations. Do countries engage in foreign intervention and "just war" because they feel a responsibility toward the international community? Or are these actions rationalizations for the pursuit of commercial, industrial, financial, and military interests? Around the world, economies, cultures, politics, laws, and nation-states are profoundly shaped by imperialism, both historical and contemporary.

Including thirty-four chapters written by academics and experts in the field of international political economy, The Oxford Handbook of Economic Imperialism presents comprehensive theoretical, empirical, and historical accounts of economic imperialism from the early modern age to the present. Over the course of three sections, the Handbook looks at the theory and concepts behind the study of imperialism, the international political economy of imperialism, and imperialism in various regions of the world today. In so doing, the Handbook demonstrates the persistence of economic imperialism in today's postcolonial world, and the enduring control wielded by great powers even after the end of formal empire. Moreover, the Handbook reveals how emerging powers are expanding economic control in new geographic and geopolitical contexts, and highlights the significance of economic imperialism in the structures, relations, processes, and ideas that sustain poverty and conflict worldwide.

Product details

• Authors: Zak (Visiting Researcher Cope
• Assisted by: Zak Cope (Editor), Cope Zak (Editor), Immanuel Ness (Editor), Ness Immanuel (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9780197527085
• ISBN: 978-0-19-752708-5
• No. of pages: 696
• Series: Oxford Handbooks; Oxford Handbooks Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, International Relations, Political Economy, Development Studies