Religions in International Political Economy (International Political Economy Series)

This book shows how religions and their internal struggles shape key actors and processes in the international political economy. It highlights how fundamentalist, business-oriented Christians in the United States were instrumental in the neoliberal turn in US hegemony, how Christianity, in the form of prosperity religion, transformed Latin America, and how reactionary religious movements sharpened state competition through illiberal politics in Turkey, India, and elsewhere. But reactionary movements are also confronted by liberationist or more progressive movements, such as Islamic feminism, that seek to build a more inclusive global economy. Religions and their ideas should be seen as a constitutive part of neoliberal globalization and its contestation in IPE. Sabine Dreher (Dr. rer. Pol.) is Adjunct Professor in the Department of International Studies, Glendon College at York University, Toronto, Canada... (Source : 4e de couverture) Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv The Religious Resurgence and International Political Economy (Sabine Dreher)....Pages 1-18 Religious Fundamentalism and the Neoliberal Turn (Sabine Dreher)....Pages 19-49 Business Fundamentalism and US Hegemony (Sabine Dreher)....Pages 51-74 The Spirit of Capitalism and the Question of Development (Sabine Dreher)....Pages 75-100 Toward Multipolarity Through Religious Nationalism? (Sabine Dreher)....Pages 101-127 Households in the Global Economy: Religious Feminism Against Neo-Patriarchy (Sabine Dreher)....Pages 129-154 Progressive Religious Activism and Global Governance Reform (Sabine Dreher)....Pages 155-179 Global Imaginaries: From the Economy of Death Toward an Economy of Life? (Sabine Dreher)....Pages 181-208 Beyond Neoliberal Theocracy? (Sabine Dreher)....Pages 209-215 Back Matter ....Pages 217-225