U.S. Politics and the Global Economy : : Corporate Power, Conservative Shift / / Daniel Skidmore-Hess, Ronald W. Cox.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Cox, Ronald W.,; Skidmore-Hess, Daniel,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (250 p.)

This thoughtful, highly original book investigates the influence of globalization on ideology and politics in the United States. Cox and Skidmore-Hess argue that U.S. policy increasingly has been motivated less by anxiety about the independence and stability of the domestic economy and more by worry about factors that might limit the participation of U.S. corporations in international markets. Connecting trends in domestic and foreign policy with the changing needs of industry, they associate increased globalization with the breakup of the liberal, New Deal coalition; the collapse of the Bretton Woods Agreement in the 1970s; the neoconservative, antiregulatory movements of the 1980s; and the rightward drift of both the Republican and Democratic parties.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: A Critical-Historical Perspective on Globalization -- 1 The New Deal and Liberal Hegemony -- 2 The Postwar Political Economy -- 3 Business Conflict and Cold War Ideology -- 4 Liberal Globalization in the 1960s -- 5 The End of Bretton Woods -- 6 The Reagan Revolution -- 7 Conclusion: The 1990s and Beyond -- Acronyms -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book