Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Preface & AcknowledgementsChapter 1 The study of global politics & economics todayChapter 2 Global power-shift, the decline of the West and new authoritarianismChapter 3 Germany's ordoliberal austerity and the European disunionChapter 4 The road to BrexitChapter 5 Imperial symphysis: Greece and German ordoliberalismChapter 6 The disintegrative and authoritarian logics of Euro-AtlanticismPostscript - Political Perspectives
Synopsis
This book sets out a concrete analytical and empirical framework to understand the Euro-zone crisis and the deep disintegrative tendencies of Euro-Atlantic neo-imperialism. It explores how the authoritarianism and austerity led from above in the transatlantic world cultivate right-wing populism and racist hysteria from below, especially in relation to the global power-shift to China and other emerging economies. The authors argue that ordoliberal/neo-liberal austerity cannot reverse the decline of western economies; if anything, it precipitates their downfall and the re-launching of globalization under Asian primacy. The book will appeal to students, scholars and policymakers across the fields of International Political Economy, European Politics and Critical Social and Political Theory.