Overview
- Examines a rightward shift in American politics from the 1930s (FDR's New Deal) to 2016 (end of the Obama era)
- Chronicles the advance of neoliberal corporate capitalism and its interconnections with government, the militarization of US society, the emergence of proto-fascism in US politics, and the increasing irrelevance of international law
- Applies a political economy-Marxist-Frankfurt school critique to 21st century phenomena, including drone warfare and the further advance of neoliberal capitalism and neoliberal politics during the Obama years
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Theoretical Perspective: Global Hegemony
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Praxis: Customary Practice or Conduct
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Book Title: Capitalism, Hegemony and Violence in the Age of Drones
Authors: Norman Pollack
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64888-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-64887-3Published: 25 January 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87895-9Published: 04 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-64888-0Published: 12 December 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 483
Topics: Foreign Policy, Political Theory, US Politics, Political Philosophy, Governance and Government, International Relations Theory