Promoting Polyarchy: Globalization, U.S. Intervention, and Hegemony

Promoting polyarchy : 20 years later

Radhika Desai Geopolitical Economy : After US Hegemony , Globalization and Empire . The Future of World

The book by Radhika Desai titled Geopolitical Economy: After US Hegemony, Globalization and Empire and part of The Future of World Capitalism book series, represents a profound introspection, as well as an overview of the most important politico-economic relations in the world, from the late-19thcentury until the current period. This book deconstructs common myths present in the mainstream lite...

A Model of US Hegemony

The obvious fact of US global hegemony has taken quite some time to enter public awareness. It is frequently described now, sometimes quite critically, sometimes celebrated as a great blessing to the world – e.g. in Thomas L. Freedman’s The Lexus and the Olive Tree. Understanding Globalisation (1999). Even the notion of an American Empire has come into use, the term often being used in a compla...

Directly-deliberative Polyarchy

In this essay we defend a form of democracy that we will call "directlydeliberative polyarchy." We argue that it is an attractive kind of radical, participatory democracy with problem-solving capacities useful under current conditions and unavailable to representative systems. In directly deliberative polyarchy, collective decisions are made through public deliberation in arenas open to citizen...

Perceived career opportunities from globalization: globalization capabilities and attitudes towards women in Iran and the US

Received: 17 January 2005 Revised: 14 March 2007 Accepted: 26 March 2007 Online publication date: 22 November 2007 Abstract As competition for human capital intensifies, understanding how employees perceive their fit in a company can assist companies in harnessing the knowledge and skills needed to achieve competitive advantage. Building on the person–organization fit theoretical framework, we ...