The Empire Reloaded: Socialist Register 2005

Since 1964, the Socialist Register has brought together leading writers on the left to investigate aspects of a common theme. This issue examines the new U.S.-led imperialist project that is currently transforming the global order, its impact on different regions of the world, and on gender, media, and popular culture.

Contributors and essays include:

• Stephen Gill, American Supremacy and the New World Order
• Chris Rude, Financial Discipline: Imperial Strategy Since the Asian Crisis
• Chandra Mohanty, Patriarchy in the New World Order
• Vivek Chibber, The New Imperialism and the South: The Passing of the "National Bourgeoisie"
• Yuezhi Zhao, China and Global Capitalism: The Cultural Dimension
• Ed Comor, Media and Communications in the U.S. Empire