All Azimuth: A Journal of Foreign Policy and Peace

Yazarlar: Nicholas Onuf

Konular:Sosyal

DOI:10.20991/allazimuth.284595

Anahtar Kelimeler:Galtung,Center,Periphery,Dominance,Rules

Özet: In proposing ‘a structural theory of imperialism’ nearly half a century ago, Johan Galtung made center-periphery relations central to peace research theory and more generally to the way scholars from the periphery see international relations. Galtung took an imperialist system to be a special case of a ‘dominance system’; any such system enforces an unequal distribution of privilege and material well-being through mechanisms of direct, structural and cultural violence. I propose to re-write Galtung’s structural theory by taking rules and rule to perform the function that he assigned to violence. I conclude that today’s global imperialist system is ruled through a functionally segmented hegemony, supported by hierarchical coercion against a heteronomous backdrop.

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