Call for Papers

Special Theme Issue of New Political Science on

“Alternative Globalizations: Challenges to Neoliberalism, Empire, and Militarism”

New Political Science invites submissions for a special theme issue of original articles analyzing challenges to the dominant models and practices of globalization early in the 21^st century. Organized opposition to neoliberal, corporate globalization dates to the 1999 anti-WTO protests in Seattle, if not before. The development of an aggressive and expansive Bush doctrine in US foreign policy has spurred critical reflections on and organized responses to new forms of imperialism and militarism.

Issues that the articles might address include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. What have been the strengths and weaknesses of the World Social Forum as an expression of organized alternatives to dominant modes of globalization?

2. How should the development of new forms of Latin American populism and neo-socialism be assessed in terms of broader regional and global political struggles?

3. What has been the impact of antiwar movements on political parties and election contests in the United States? How has opposition to militarism and imperialism been expressed in the political life of other countries?

4. How have innovative cultural and aesthetic expressions developed in opposition to neoliberalism, imperialism, and militarism (film, music, etc.)? How should their political significance be evaluated?

5. Does the emergence of “biopolitics” (biotechnology, climate change, etc.) hold promise for the development of alternative globalizations?

6. What are the strengths and weaknesses of leading left interpretations and critiques of neoliberalism, empire, and militarism (for example, the work of Naomi Klein, Giovanni Arrighi, Walden Bello, Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, Perry Anderson).

7. How might critical perspectives on neoliberal globalization and critical perspectives on contemporary imperialism and militarism be brought together analytically?

Article submissions should fit the declared purposes of the journal, which are “to develop analyses which reflect a commitment to progressive social change and which treat topics that are within exploratory phases of development in political science.”

The submission deadline is April 1, 2008.

Authors must follow the guidelines for contributors, which can be found online at: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=t713439578~tab=submit~mode=paper_submission_instructions

Articles must be submitted to Joseph G. Peschek, Editor, New Political Science, by email at jpeschek@gw.hamline.edu Please identify submissions as intended for the special theme issue.