Economics 797MP - ST-Imperialism:Theories & Hist

Global Capitalism, since its inception, has created and relied on hierarchical relational structures across different spatial units in the world, including importantly the divide between the Global North and South. The capitalist classes in the Global North have been able to exploit people and resources in the Global South, while imposing unequal exchange relations with nations/spatial units in the Global South. States in the Global North have formed an alliance with their capitalist classes to achieve and maintain economic and political dominance over the peoples of the Global South. In this course, we will provide an overview of various theories and histories including perspectives from both the Global North and the Global South that help us understand the emergence and consequences of these relations. There have been a few pivotal moments in the history of this Imperialist capitalist world when potential transformations of global hegemony become visible. We might be witnessing such potentialities at this moment - this course will engage with the contemporary moment and its manifest complexities.