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First edition. |
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1 online resource : text file, PDF |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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PDF |
| Summary |
"This title was first published in 2002. This innovative work analyses how the United States has laid down the foundations for global power. It reassesses and re-evaluates the declinist-renewal argument and challenges conventional balance of power theories, demonstrating how the United States is attempting to 'hegemonically globalise' the entire international system. To evaluate the success of hegemonic globalisation, the book analyses four major powers and regions - Russia, the People's Republic of China (PRC), the European Union (EU), and Japan - and their historical, political, economic, cultural and geopolitical relations with the United States. Each study examines the tangible and intangible sources of their relationship, and the possible tensions and resistance towards United States hegemony therein. Providing much-needed insight and a fresh perspective, this book makes a worthwhile contribution to our understanding of contemporary international power."--Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Appendices; Abstract; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; An Analysis of the United States' Global Strategy in the Emerging World Order; PART I: THEORY AND METHODOLOGY; 1 A Conceptual Framework and Principles of Inquiry; Problems for Inquiry: The Limits of 'Theory'; Mode of Analysis; Theory and Practice; Conclusion; 2 An Inquiry into Power; The Four Spheres of Power; The 'Realist' Tradition; Realism: First Image; Realism: Second Image; 'Liberalism' and Power; 'Marxism' and Power. |
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Other Definitions of Power and Conflicting Interests3 An Inquiry into Hegemony; Introduction; Definitions and Theories of Hegemony; (Neo)-Gramscian Hegemony; The Long-Cycle Approach to World Power; Hegemonic Stability Theory; The 'Final Word' on Hegemony?; PART II: THE DEBATE AND THE CHALLENGE; 4 The 'Design' of the International System and 'the U.S. Hegemony' After the Collapse of the Bretton Woods' Fixed Exchange Rate System; Introduction; Section I: The U.S. as 'Chief Architect' of the International Political and Economic System; Section II: The Declinist-Renewal Debate. |
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Geopolitical DeclineEconomic Decline; Section III: The 'Realists' Rejection of the Declinist School; The 'Liberals' Rejection of the Declinist School; The Neo-Gramscian/Marxist Rejection of the Declinist School; Section IV: The End of the Cold War and the Emergence of 'Global Hegemony'; Conclusion; 5 Balance of Power or Hegemony?; Introduction; The Balance of Power Strategy and the Return to Multipolarity; Eight Arguments for the Balance of Power; Responses to the Balance of Power Strategy; The Liberal Response to Balance of Power, and Their Idea of 'Liberal Hegemony' |
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Marxist Critique of Balance of Power and Liberal HegemonyConclusion; 6 Hegemonic Globalisation: The United States and the Integration of the Great Powers; Introduction; The Determinates of Hegemonic Globalisation; The United States as the 'Centre'; Conclusion; PART III: THE CONTENDERS IN THE EMERGING WORLD ORDER; 7 Russia: 'Political Backlash Without Economic Conversion?'; Introduction; Historical Political Background Following the Collapse of the Soviet Union; Liberal Economics: The Collapse of Egalitarianism; The Problems of Crime and Corruption; Leadership Failures. |
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Nationalistic Economic PolicyNationalistic Foreign Policy; The 'West's' Perception of Russia; Conclusion; 8 The PRC and the U.S. in the 21st Century: 'Preventing the Clash of Civilisations'; Introduction; Part I: From 'Celestial Kingdom' to 'Third World' Country; Historical Background of Sino-U.S Relations; The Communist Split and the Convenient Alignment; Part II: Sino-U.S. Relations in the Post-Cold War; The New Seers of Doom; Perceptions of 'International' Law and the 'International' System; Re-evaluating the Seers of Doom; Chinese Military Power; 'Greater' China? |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Balance of power.
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Balance of power. |
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1993-2001.
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United States. |
| Chronological Term |
1993-2001 |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International. |
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International relations. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General. |
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Diplomatic relations. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
9781315195278 9781351763561 |
| ISBN |
9781315195278 (e-book) |
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1315195275 |
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1138719811 |
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9781138719811 |
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