CULTURAL IMPERIALISM

International Journal | January 1, 2006| | Copyright

CULTURAL IMPERIALISM Essays on the Political Economy of Cultural Domination Edited by Bernd Hamm and Russell Smandych Peterborough: Broadview Press, 2005. xvi, 322pp, $34.95 paper (ISBN 155111707X)

The questions surrounding "cultural imperialism" are, perhaps, more relevant today than at any time in the past 50 years. Many observers argue that "globalization" is encouraging economic and political homogeneity. The United States has made the spread of western-style "democracy" a primary goal of its foreign policy. Commentators such as Niall Ferguson, Robert Kagan, and even Michael Ignatieff (to ...

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