Consumption and the Globalization Project
Subtitle: International Hegemony and the Annihilation of Time (International Political Economy)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: April 15, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780230522244
Subjects: POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Economic Conditions; Globalization; Political Science / Globalization
Description: "This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the role played by consumption in the contemporary global political economy. Using an inter-disciplinary approach, Edward A. Comor assesses consumption as an increasingly influential mediator of cultures, power relations and the neoliberal globalization project. The book uncovers contradictions and strategic opportunities stemming from both globalization and US foreign policy after 9/11. Drawing on neo-Gramscian theory, media studies and other analytical frameworks, the author demonstrates that capitalist consumption - as a sociological institution - generally facilitates efforts to rule through consent in the absence of liberal democratic structures."--Jacket.