Introduction: The United States in decline?
ISBN: 978-1-78350-829-7, eISBN: 978-1-78350-830-3
Publication date: 24 June 2014
Abstract
Is the United States in decline? If so, what are the causes and dimensions of that decline and is it irreversible? Will American decline be accompanied by the rise of a new hegemon? To what extent are that rise and decline merely concurrent processes, determined by forces internal to each polity, or are American decline and the rise of its competitors both manifestations of a single global dynamic?
This introduction defines decline and presents the answers to those questions offered by the authors of the chapters in this volume. I conclude by analyzing the effects of internal US decline upon the global economy and geopolitics and offer an agenda for future research on politics and nationalism in a post-hegemonic world.
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Citation
Lachmann, R. (2014), "Introduction: The United States in decline?", The United States in Decline (Political Power and Social Theory, Vol. 26), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0198-8719(2014)0000026001
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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