ABSTRACT
FROM GLOBALIZATION TO EMPIRE:
A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF DOMINANT META-NARRATIVES
Mercan, A. Serkan
M. S., Department of Political Science and Public Administration
Supervisor: Assist. Prof. Dr. Galip L. Yalman
September 2007, 172 pages
&ldquo / Globalization&rdquo / and &ldquo / empire&rdquo / are the dominant meta-narratives of 1990s and 2000s successively. The liberal perception/presentation of the former finds its expression in the claims of trans-(supra)-nationalization. In addition, the theoretical and pejorative usages of the latter, which has flourished since 9/11 attacks to the World Trade Center in New York are also based on similar claims of trans-(supra)-nationalization. However, these claims seem not convincing in a world in which nation-states secure their central role in the organization of capitalist social relations. In this thesis, those meta-narratives will be critically evaluated by also taking into account the role of the US in world capitalist system. Such a critical outlook is essential for highlighting the persistence of capital relation with its contradictory nature and for developing some tentative ideas about the ways in which the organization/management of contemporary world capitalism as a multiple state system should be analyzed.
Keywords: Globalization, empire, nation-state, capital relation, trans-(supra)-nationalization
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12608880/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 September 2007 |
| Creators | Mercan, Ali Serkan |
| Contributors | Yalman, Galip |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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