Politics of Star Trek

George A. Gonzalez is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami, USA. He is the author of numerous books including Urban Sprawl, Global Warming, and the Empire of Capital (2009), Energy and Empire: The Politics of Nuclear and Solar Power in the United States (2012), and Energy and the Politics of the North Atlantic (2013). He is co-editor of Flashpoints in Environmental Policymaking (1997), which won the 1998 Lynton Caldwell Book Award, given by the Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy section of the American Political Science Association. Professor Gonzalez's work in the field of Star Trek Studies has been published in Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction.

"Gonzalez (politics, Univ. of Miami) explores how the Star Trek franchise makes an intellectual/analytical contribution to understanding politics of the modern era. ... Summing Up: Recommended. All readers." (P. D. Hopkins, Choice, Vol. 53 (12), August, 2016)

• Introduction 1. Star Trek (the original series): An Anti-Cold War Narrative 2. Star Trek, Utopia, Pragmatism 3. Star Trek, American Military Policy, and the Developing World 4. Star Trek and the Clash of Civilizations: Traditionalism versus Modernity (Universalism) 5. Star Trek and World Government: Federation, Empire, or Neoliberalism 6. Star Trek and Technologies of Empire 7. Star Trek: Why Do Soldiers Fight in Modern Warfare? Preemptive Empire or Federation 8. Star Trek, the Dominant Social Paradigm, and the Lack of an Environmental Ethos 9. The Politics of State Building: Star Trek: Enterprise 10. Lost in the Developing World: Star Trek: Voyager Conclusion: Star Trek: From Cold War to Post-Cold War