Saving the Social Bond and Recovering the Public Domain (original) (raw)

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE AND GLOBALIZATION

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE AND GLOBALIZATION, 2016

This book argues that, though further elaborations are necessary in the light of new developments within capitalism since the late 1970s, the concept of imperialism is still a powerful one both analytically and politically, since the immanent contradictions and distinctive features of capitalism are at the centre of the analysis. 1990s. To put it differently, this book is an attempt to break the inherent relationship between the common literature and the idea of ‘globalization’ which reflects itself in the conceptualization of transition to a supra/trans-national phase and the emergence of a transnational state through re-conceptualization of its major problematics and concepts within the context of capitalism imperialism. To begin with, the time period between the early 1990s and the mid-2000s witnessed the rise and the hegemony of the idea of ‘globalization’ in social sciences as well as the intellectual sphere, politics and the daily life. This rise and the hegemony of the concept of ‘globalization’ reflect itself in what Held and McGrew (2003) calls the “great globalization debate”. Clearly, there are various approaches within this debate to the term ‘globalization’, which consist of different methodologies and theoretical positions. Since, it is not possible to review this massive literature, this book shares the distinction provided by Rosenberg (2000) both for the sake of simplicity and for the categorization of the literature on ‘globalization’ on a broader methodological standpoint. Rosenberg (2000) makes a distinction between “globalization theory” and “theories of globalization” on the basis of the logical construction of the arguments. This book claims that, it is the “globalization theory” or “globalist” interpretation of ‘globalization’ that dominated the literature on ‘globalization’ and provided the concept of ‘globalization’ its analytical power. Moreover, according to this book , it is this version of the literature that resulted in severe consequences for the “theories of globalization” as well. Thus, this book argues that a return to the concept of imperialism can also help to overcome this disconnection.