Counter-hegemony and foreign policy : the dialectics of marginalized and global forces in Jamaica / Randolph B. Persaud.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-269) and index.

Ch. 1. Introduction: The New Historical Materialism -- Ch. 2. Approaches to Third World Foreign Policy -- Ch. 3. A Social Forces Approach to Foreign Policy -- Ch. 4. Ideology, Culture, and National Interest -- Ch. 5. The Making of Modern Jamaica and the Emergence of Exceptionalism -- Ch. 6. Counter-Hegemonic Forces -- Ch. 7. Facilitating Passive Revolution -- Ch. 8. From "Exceptionalism" to Democratic Socialism -- Ch. 9. Promise and Defeat: Hegemony as Structural Power -- Ch. 10. Onwards with Critical Theory.

"It is not uncommon for scholars and policy makers to assume that small and dependent states must follow the lead of great or middle powers. But is this always the case? Drawing on the increasingly influential Gramscian approach to international relations, this book shows the ways in which marginalized social forces in Jamaica were mobilized against the hegemonic practices emanating from the global political economy. Persaud emphasizes the counter-hegemonic cultural activities of these forces, as well as the attempt of the Jamaican government to form a global "trade union of the poor.""--Jacket.

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