European Bloc Imperialism

Dennis C. Canterbury, Ph.D. (2000) in Sociology, Binghamton University (State University of New York), is Associate Professor of Sociology at Eastern Connecticut State University. He has published extensively on development issues including Neoliberal Democratization and New Authoritarianism (Ashgate 2005). He has been a visiting Professor in the Institute of Development Studies and Department of Sociology and Anthropology, at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana and winner of the Connecticut State University 2009 System-Wide Research Award.

• Chapter 1: Outline of European Bloc ImperialismProblematic and MethodEuropean Trade and Theories of ImperialismTen Theses on the Characteristic Features of European Bloc ImperialismStructure of Arguments Chapter 2: Hemispheric Settings for European Bloc ImperialismTransition from Colonialism to New American Century DoctrineAuthoritarianism in the Service of Imperialism ConclusionChapter 3: The Anatomy of Two Imperialist RegimesStructural Adjustment and Economic Partnership AgreementThe “Global Europe” DoctrineGlobal Europe Versus US-Led GlobalizationChapter 4: The Rise of European and ACP Blocs and US HegemonySome Theoretical ConsiderationsThe EU Comes to FruitionThe ACP Group of StatesUS Hegemony Over the European UnionConclusionChapter 5: The Emergence of European Bloc ImperialismEuropean Bloc Imperialist Backlash to the Banana Trade War The CARIFORUM-EU EPAEuropean Bloc Imperialist Stranglehold Pushback against European Bloc Imperialism ConclusionChapter 6: The Theoretical Foundations of European Bloc Imperialism The Theoretical Lineage of the EPAsNeoliberal Theoretical Foundation of EPAs Neoliberalism in the Caribbean The Prospects of the CARIFORUM-EU EPA Conclusion: Weaknesses of Neoliberal Theory Chapter 7: The CARIFORUM-EU EPA and Development TheoryFalse Origins of Development Theory Prevailing Ideas on Caribbean DevelopmentDeepening Euro-American Domination CARIFORUM-EU EPA as a Development StrategyAlternative Development Visions to the CARIFORUM-EU EPA Chapter 8: The Critics of the CARIFORUM-EU EPA European Bloc Imperialism Defines Civil SocietyReformist Views from Caribbean Civil SocietyViews from the Public Sector Critique by Prominent Caribbean Academics Conclusion: Critique of the Critics Chapter 9: Caribbean EPA Negotiators In the Bosom of EU Bloc ImperialismThe Caribbean Regional Negotiating MachineryThe CRNM’s Strategy against Its CriticsThe CRNM in Denial of EU Pressure and Defends the EPA The CRNM’s ‘Facts’ versus Its Critics’ ‘Fiction” on the EPA Singing in the CRNM’s ChorusIn Further Defence of the EPAThe CRNM’s Approach to the EPA Negotiations Message of Appreciation from the CRNM Principal NegotiatorConclusion: Requiem for the CRNM or Reigning in the Putsch Chapter 10: The EPA and the Food and Fuel CrisesCaribbean Agriculture: Central Issues and Neoliberal Views Food Security Crisis and the CaribbeanAgricultural Trade Concerns of Small StatesPolicies to Reverse Food Security Crisis The Fuel Crisis and Petrocaribe Chapter 11: The Global Financial and Economic Crises and the EU-EPAsState Protection for the Powerful, Free Market for the Poor Financial Crisis DetonatesEurope in Crisis: The State to the Rescue Worker-Layoffs and Social UnrestThe Efficient State and Inefficient Market: A False Debate The G-20 and IMF State Interventionist Prescriptions Chapter 12: The Caribbean in the Global Financial and Economic CrisesAssessing the Impacts of the Crises on the Caribbean The Stanford Financial and CL Financial GroupsPolicy Options for the Caribbean Region Alternatives to Proffered Policy OptionsChapter 13: European Bloc Imperialism, Governance and Sustainable DevelopmentGovernance – Outline of An Imperialist ConceptCritique of Governance and Good GovernanceEuropean Bloc Imperialist Development Vision Problems with EU Development VisionThe EU’s Sustainable Development StrategySustainable Development as Alternative Development TheoryFurther Critique of Neoliberal Sustainable DevelopmentEPA: Sustainable Development or European Bloc Imperialism Conclusion: Linking Good Governance and Sustainable DevelopmentBibliographyIndex