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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822221503321

Titolo

The United States in decline / / edited by Richard Lachmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-78350-830-2

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 pages)

Collana

Political power and social theory, , 0198-8719 ; ; v. 26

Altri autori (Persone)

LachmannRichard

Disciplina

306.20972999999998

Soggetti

Political Science - History & Theory

Political science & theory

Geopolitics

Social theory

United States History 20th century

United States History 21st century

United States Politics and government 20th century

United States Politics and government 2001-2009

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : the United States in decline? / Richard Lachmann -- Can the U.S. sustain its global position? Dynamism and stagnation in the U.S. institutional model / Fred Block, Matthew R. Keller -- Cold War and China in the (un)making of the dollar standard / Ho-fung Hung -- Capital accumulation and the rise of Finance / Marcel Knudsen -- The flailing hegemon : managing U.S. military decline / Ian Roxborough, Zoe Levy -- Elite fragmentation and the decline of the United States / Mark Mizruchi, Mikell Hyman -- From consensus to paralysis in the United States, 1960-2010 / Richard Lachmann -- Convergence-2, or the fate of other superpower / Georgi Derluguian.

Sommario/riassunto

The essays in this volume examine finance, industry and strategy both internally and on a global scale. Contributors clarify our understanding of the current state and future trajectory of the United States and the effect of decline on its citizens and the world.