Counter-Hegemony and Foreign Policy : The Dialectics of Marginalized and Global Forces in Jamaica - Softcover

Persaud, Randolph B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0791449203 ISBN 13: 9780791449202

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 2001

Synopsis

Argues that marginalized states and peoples are capable of initiating their own foreign policy agendas.

It is not uncommon for scholars and policy makers to assume that small and dependent states must follow the lead of great or middle powers. But is this always the case? Drawing on the increasingly influential Gramscian approach to international relations, this book shows the ways in which marginalized social forces in Jamaica were mobilized against the hegemonic practices emanating from the global political economy. Persaud emphasizes the counter-hegemonic cultural activities of these forces, as well as the attempt of the Jamaican government to form a global “trade union of the poor.”

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It is not uncommon for scholars and policy makers to assume that small and dependent states must follow the lead of great or middle powers. But is this always the case? Drawing on the increasingly influential Gramscian approach to international relations, this book shows the ways in which marginalized social forces in Jamaica were mobilized against the hegemonic practices emanating from the global political economy. Persaud emphasizes the counter-hegemonic cultural activities of these forces, as well as the attempt of the Jamaican government to form a global "trade union of the poor."

About the Author

Randolph B. Persaud is Assistant Professor in the School of International Service at American University.

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0791449203
• ISBN 13: 9780791449202
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304