Series Editors: Barry K. Gills, University of Helsinki, Finland and Kevin Gray, University of Sussex, UK. GLOBALIZATION AND CAPITALIST GEOPOLITICS AND CAPITALIST GLOBALIZATION GLOBALIZATION AND GLOBALIZATION CAPITALIST GEOPOLITICS AND CAPITALIST Daniel Woodley GEOPOLITICS Globalization and Capitalist Geopolitics is concerned with the growth of transnational corporate power against the backdrop of the decline of the West and the struggle by Sovereignty and state power non-Western states to challenge and overcome domination of the rest of the world by the West. At the centre of the study is the problematic status of the US as guarantor in a multipolar world of global security and imperial nation in decline. The declining power of America in a multipolar world places a question mark under the future of Western leadership of globalization. Woodley interrogates the structure of contemporary world order and examines competing approaches to globalization and global capitalism in international relations and international political economy. He engages with key scholars in the field, and provides an authoritative yet accessible commentary on debates on globalization and geopolitics in the wake of the global financial crisis. In a period of increasing geopolitical insecurity and geoeconomic transition, this book is a major contribution to the debate on globalization. It is a key resource for students and scholars seeking a deeper understanding of the historical and economic determinants of neoliberal capitalism, the impact of global economic convergence for Western economies, and the implications of globalization for the reconstruction of contemporary world order. Daniel Woodley Daniel Woodley teaches politics at DLD College in London. He is the author of numerous articles and textbooks on ideology and political theory, including Fascism and Political Theory (2010), also published by Routledge. POLITICS / INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS / GLOBALIZATION ISBN 978-0-415-74505-5 www.routledge.com Daniel Woodley 9 780415 745055 Routledge titles are available as eBook Cover image: © Shutterstock editions in a range of digital formats Globalization and Capitalist Geopolitics Globalization and Capitalist Geopolitics is concerned with the growth of transnational corporate power against the backdrop of the decline of the West and the struggle by non-Western states to challenge and overcome domina- tion of the rest of the world by the West. At the centre of the study is the problematic status of the US as guarantor of global security and imperial nation in decline. The declining power of America in a multipolar world places a question mark under the future of Western leadership of globalization. Woodley interrogates the structure of contemporary world order and examines competing approaches to globalization and global capitalism in international relations and international political economy. He engages with key scholars in the field, and provides an authoritative yet accessible com- mentary on debates on globalization and geopolitics in the wake of the global financial crisis. In a period of increasing geopolitical insecurity and geoeconomic transi- tion, this book is a major contribution to the debate on globalization. It is a key resource for students and scholars seeking a deeper understanding of the historical and economic determinants of neoliberal capitalism, the impact of global economic convergence for Western economies, and the implications of globalization for the reconstruction of contemporary world order. Daniel Woodley teaches politics at DLD College in London. He is the author of numerous articles and textbooks on ideology and political theory, including Fascism and Political Theory (2010), also published by Routledge. Rethinking Globalizations Edited by Barry K. Gills, University of Helsinki, Finland and Kevin Gray University of Sussex, UK. This series is designed to break new ground in the literature on globalization and its academic and popular understanding. Rather than perpetuating or simply reacting to the economic understanding of globalization, this series seeks to capture the term and broaden its meaning to encompass a wide range of issues and disciplines and convey a sense of alternative possibilities for the future. 1. Whither Globalization? 7. Challenging Euro-America's The vortex of knowledge Politics of Identity and globalization The return of the native James H. Mittelman Jorge Luis Andrade Fernandes 2. Globalization and 8. The Global Politics Global History of Globalization Edited by Barry K. Gills and “Empire” vs “Cosmopolis” William R. Thompson Edited by Barry K. Gills 3. Rethinking Civilization 9. The Globalization of Communication and terror in Environmental Crisis the global village Edited by Jan Oosthoek and Majid Tehranian Barry K. Gills 4. Globalization and Contestation 10. Globalization as The new great counter-movement Evolutionary Process Ronaldo Munck Modeling global change Edited by Geroge Modelski, 5. Global Activism Tessaleno Devezas and Ruth Reitan William R. Thompson 6. Globalization, the City and Civil 11. The Political Economy of Society in Pacific Asia Global Security Edited by Mike Douglass, War, future crises and changes K.C. Ho and Giok Ling Ooi in global governance Heikki Patomäki 12. Cultures of Globalization 20. Globalization and Coherence, hybridity, Popular Sovereignty contestation Democracy’s transnational Edited by Kevin Archer, dilemma M. Martin Bosman, Adam Lupel M. Mark Amen and Ella Schmidt 21. Limits to Globalization 13. Globalization and the Global North-South divergence Politics of Justice William R. Thompson and Edited by Barry K. Gills Rafael Reuveny 14. Global Economy Contested 22. Globalisation, Knowledge Power and conflict across the and Labour international division of labor Education for solidarity within Edited by Marcus Taylor spaces of resistance Edited by Mario Novelli and 15. Rethinking Insecurity, War Anibel Ferus-Comelo and Violence Beyond savage globalization? 23. Dying Empire Edited by Damian Grenfell and U.S. imperialism and Paul James global resistance Francis Shor 16. Recognition and Redistribution Beyond international 24. Alternative Globalizations development An integrative approach to Edited by Heloise Weber and studying dissident knowledge in Mark T. Berger the global justice movement S. A. Hamed Hosseini 17. The Social Economy Working alternatives in a 25. Global Restructuring, Labour globalizing era and the Challenges for Edited by Hasmet M. Uluorta Transnational Solidarity Edited by Andreas Bieler and 18. The Global Governance of Food Ingemar Lindberg Edited by Sara R. Curran, April Linton, Abigail Cooke and 26. Global South to the Rescue Andrew Schrank Emerging humanitarian superpowers and globalizing 19. Global Poverty, Ethics and rescue industries Human Rights Edited by Paul Amar The role of multilateral organisations 27. Global Ideologies and Urban Desmond McNeill and Landscapes Asunción Lera St. Clair Edited by Manfred B. Steger and Anne McNevin 28. Power and 36. Edges of Global Justice Transnational Activism The World Social Forum and Edited by Thomas Olesen Its ‘Others’ Janet Conway 29 Globalization and Crisis Edited by Barry K. Gills 37. Land Grabbing and Global Governance 30. Andre Gunder Frank and Edited by Matias E. Margulis, Global Development Nora McKeon and Visions, remembrances Saturnino Borras Jr. and explorations Edited by Patrick Manning and 38. Dialectics in World Politics Barry K. Gills Edited by Shannon Brincat 31. Global Social Justice 39. Crisis, Movement, Management: Edited by Heather Widdows and Globalising Dynamics Nicola J. Smith Edited by James Goodman and Jonathan Paul Marshall 32. Globalization, Labor Export and Resistance 40. China’s Development A study of Filipino migrant Capitalism and Empire domestic workers in Michel Aglietta and Guo Bai global cities. Ligaya Lindio-McGovern 41. Global Governance and NGO Participation 33. Situating Global Resistance Charlotte Dany Between Discipline and Dissent Edited by Lara Montesinos 42. Arab Revolutions and Coleman and Karen Tucker World Transformations Edited by Anna M. Agathangelou 34. A History of World Order and Nevzat Soguk and Resistance The Making and Unmaking of 43. Global Movement Global Subjects Edited by Ruth Reitan André C. Drainville 44. Free Trade and the Transnational 35. Migration, Work and Citizenship Labour Movement in the New Global Order Edited by Andreas Bieler, Edited by Ronaldo Munck, Bruno Ciccaglione, John Hilary Carl-Ulrik Schierup and and Ingemar Lindberg Raúl Delgado Wise 45. Counter-Globalization and 53. Labour and Development in Socialism in the 21st Century East Asia The Bolivarian Alliance for the Social Forces and Peoples of our America Passive Revolution Thomas Muhr Kevin Gray 46. Global Civil Society and 54. Global Capitalism and Transversal Hegemony Transnational Class Formation The Globalization-Contestation Edited by Jason Struna Nexus Karen M. Buckley 55. Rethinking Border Control for a Globalizing World 47. Contentious Agency and Natural A Preferred Future Resource Politics Edited by Leanne Weber Markus Kröger 56. Global Governance, Legitimacy 48. Social Movements, the Poor and and Legitimation the New Politics of the Americas Edited by Magdalena Bexell Edited by Håvard Haarstad, Mark Amen and 57. Critical Rationalism Asuncion Lera St Clair and Globalisation Towards the Sociology of the 49. Development in an Era of Open Global Society Neoliberal Globalization Masoud Mohammadi Alamuti Edited by Henry Veltmeyer 58. Globalisation Development and 50. The