Understanding World Order and Structural Change: Poverty, Conflict and the Global Arena

281 Pages·2003·1.09 MB·English

by  Hans Abrahamsson

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HansAbrahamsson
UNDERSTANDINGWORLDORDERANDSTRUCTURALCHANGE
Poverty,ConflictandtheGlobalArena
FrancisAdams,SatyaDevGuptaandKidaneMengisteab(editors)
GLOBALIZATIONANDTHEDILEMMASOFTHESTATEINTHESOUTH
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ElizabethDeBoer-Ashworth
THEGLOBALPOLITICALECONOMYANDPOST-1989CHANGE
ThePlaceoftheCentralEuropeanTransition
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USFINANCIALREGULATIONANDTHELEVELPLAYINGFIELD
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GLOBALIZATIONANDITSCRITICS
PerspectivesfromPoliticalEconomy
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GLOBALIZATIONANDTHEPOLITICSOFRESISTANCE
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GLOBALIZATIONANDTHEMARGINS
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GLOBALIZATIONINTHETWENTY–FIRSTCENTURY
ConvergenceorDivergence?
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PUBLICPOLICYINTHEAGEOFGLOBALIZATION
ResponsestoEnvironmentalandEconomicCrises
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GLOBALCHANGE
AJapanesePerspective
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GLOBALIZATIONVERSUSDEVELOPMENT
RonaldoMunckandPeterWaterman(editors)
LABOURWORLDWIDEINTHEERAOFGLOBALIZATION
AlternativeUnionModelsintheNewWorldOrder
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EGALITARIANPOLITICSINTHEAGEOFGLOBALIZATION
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ASPATIALAPPROACHTOREGIONALISMINTHEGLOBALECONOMY
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GLOBALIZATION,REGIONALIZATIONANDCROSS-BORDERREGIONS
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SURVIVINGGLOBALISM
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USPOWERININTERNATIONALFINANCE
TheVictoryofDividends
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STRUCTUREANDAGENCYININTERNATIONALCAPITALMOBILITY
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GLOBALINSTITUTIONSANDLOCALEMPOWERMENT
CompetingTheoreticalPerspectives
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GLOBALIZATIONANDTHESOUTH
GeoffreyR.D.Underhill(editor)
THENEWWORLDORDERININTERNATIONALFINANCE
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EUROPEANRESPONSESTOGLOBALIZATIONANDFINANCIALMARKET
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Understanding World Order
and Structural Change
Poverty, Conflict and the Global Arena
Hans Abrahamsson
DepartmentofPeaceandDevelopmentStudies
GöteborgUniversity
Sweden
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TothememoryofCarlosCardoso
whileactivelycontributingtothestructuralopportunityforpeace–
brutallyassassinatedbyhisopponents–beforeitcouldbeseized.
Through his journal located in a small Maputo garage, he challenged various
nationalandglobalstructuresimpedingdevelopmentinMozambique.
Through his death the world runs the risk of becoming more subdued and the
achievementofglobalcitizenshipevenmoredistant.
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Contents
ListofFigures xi
ForewordbyBjörnHettne xii
Acknowledgements xiii
ListofAbbreviations xiv
Introduction xvii
PartI UnderstandingWorldOrderStructuresandtheir
LocalImpact
1 ConceptualFramework 3
State,marketandcivilsociety 3
TheWesternvaluesanddevelopmentparadigm 9
Nationalsecurityinterest 11
Worldorderstructures 13
Worldorderandhegemonicstability 15
Power 17
Discursivepower 17
Hegemonicdeclineandinterdependence 19
Conclusion 22
2 BrettonWoodsRevisited 24
FromBrettonWoodstoPaxAmericana 24
Theconceptofembeddedliberalism 25
USleadershipmotivation 27
Aidasaforeignpolicytool 28
Embeddedcontradictions 31
Intertwinedparadoxes 36
Theincreaseofstructuralpower 37
Tosumup 44
3 PaxAmericanaandSouthernAfrica:CoincidingInterests
andChange 46
Hegemonyanddecolonisation 46
TheRhodesianissue 49
TotalstrategyandSADCC 49
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East–WestrivalryinsouthernAfrica 50
‘ConstructiveEngagement’ 52
Theripemomenttoabolishapartheid 55
Consensusunderstress 56
4 MozambiqueandtheWashingtonConsensus 58
Atroublesomerelationship 58
USfoodaid 59
MozambiqueandtheBrettonWoodsinstitutions 61
Thedesignofthestructuraladjustmentprogrammes 62
ThefailureoftheWashingtonConsensus 64
Theinternationalisationofthestate 66
Thepauperisationofthepeasantry 67
Socialdistrustandincreasedillegalities 71
Povertyandconflict–anambiguousrelationship 72
Thetrapoflow-levelsecurityequilibrium 77
PartII UnderstandingStructural
Change–andtheWayForward
5 TheoreticalGuidance 83
Describingforcesofchange 83
Towardsacriticalinternationalpoliticaleconomy 84
Problem-solvingversuscriticaltheory 88
Theagent–structuredilemma 90
‘Warofposition’versus‘warofmovement’ 92
Structuralchangeofalimitedtotality 93
6 AnAnalyticalModelforAction 96
Identifyingforcesofchange 96
Thecoreofthemodel 102
TheanalyticalmodelwithanAfricanPrism 103
Ahistoricalexample:thedemandsforaNIEO 105
Inconclusion:structuralchangeinretrospect 110
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Contents ix
7 AGlobalitywithContradictoryCircumstances 112
Reinforcedcontradictorycircumstances 116
Coincidingeliteinterests 118
Globaldevelopmentandstructuralchange 120
Confrontationordialogue 121
8 TowardsaStructuralOpportunityforChange 124
Theinterestsofthetransnationalelite 124
Thearticulationofenlightenedself-interest 126
GlobalsecurityinterestsandtheWorldBank 130
TowardsanewpartnershipforAfrica 132
TowardslegitimategovernanceinAfrica 133
Coincidinginterestsandcounteractingforces 136
Seizingtheopportunity 139
9 OutoftheTrap 142
Searchingforawayout 143
Continuityversusopportunities 148
Provisionofpublicgoods 150
10 TheRoleofInternationalDevelopmentCooperation 153
Thegeopoliticsofaid 154
Peaceanddevelopmentasaglobalpublicgood 157
Theneedforaholisticandamorecoherentapproach 158
Thecontextofpovertyandconflict:theAngolantrapof
low-levelsecurityequilibrium 161
Towardsasocialcohesionsupport 163
Orientationandtargetgroups 164
Thechannelsofaid 165
Conditionsforaid 166
Summary 167
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