TY - BOOK AU - Duong,Thanh TI - Hegemonic Globalisation: U. S. Centrality and Global Strategy in the Emerging World Order T2 - Routledge Revivals Series SN - 9781351763561 AV - JZ1313 .D866 2018 U1 - 327.1/0973/09049 PY - 2017/// CY - Oxford PB - Taylor & Francis Group KW - Balance of power KW - United States-Foreign relations-1993-2001 KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 -- Other Definitions of Power and Conflicting Interests -- 3 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 -- Geopolitical Decline -- Economic 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' -- Marxist Critique of Balance of Power and Liberal Hegemony; Conclusion -- 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 -- Nationalistic Economic Policy -- Nationalistic 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? -- Taiwan: Back to Sarajevo, 1914? -- The China Challenge: Has the Cycles of Great Powers Finally Broken? -- A 'Democratic Peace'? -- Historic Development Settings for Democracy -- Conclusion -- 9 The European Union: The 'Grand Plan' or Just 'Hanging Together'? -- Introduction -- Section I: U.S. Strategy and European Integration -- Section II: Post-Cold War Relations Between the EU and the USA -- The EU as a Challenger -- Why the EU is Not a Challenger -- Section III: U.S-EU-NATO and Russia -- Section IV: Joint Condominium? -- Conclusion -- 10 U.S-Japan Relations: 'The Anchor in the East' -- Introduction -- Section I: The 'Making' of Post-1945 Japan: 'Compromised Sovereignty'; The Emerging Economic Power and the Emerging Tensions -- The 'Collapse' of the Japanese Challenge -- Why Japan is Not a Challenger -- The 'Re-designing' of Japan, Again -- Section II -- The Changing Security Regime -- Is Japan a (U.S.) Economic System Supporter? -- Is Japan a 'Liberal Democratic' Promoter? -- Unfinished Business -- Conclusion -- 11 U.S. Grand Strategy in the Emerging World Order: 'The Sun and Its Planets' -- Aspects of U.S. Foreign Policy Preferences in the Post-Cold War Era -- The 'Neo-Gramscian' Strategy of Hegemonic Globalisation -- Conclusion -- PART IV: CONCLUSION -- Hegemonic Globalisation: 'The Highest Stage of Capitalism'? -- The Complexity of U.S. Centrality -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index N2 - This title was first published in 2002. Challenging conventional international relations theories, this innovative work demonstrates how the United States is attempting to 'hegemonically globalize' the entire international system UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5224547 ER -