Hegemonic decline : present and past / / edited by Jonathan Friedman and Christopher Chase-Dunn

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910954768303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016
• ISBN: 1-317-25824-X; 1-315-63417-1; 1-317-25823-1
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (230 p.)
• Collana: Political economy of world-system annuals ; ; volume XXVI-b
• Altri autori (Persone): Chase-DunnChristopher K; FriedmanJonathan
• Disciplina: 327.1
• Soggetti: Hegemony; Hegemony - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published 2005 by Paradigm Publishers.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Introduction: Hegemonic Declines-Present and Past; Part I: On the Way to the Modern World-System; 1 Escaping a Closed Universe: World-System Crisis, Regional Dynamics, and the Rise of Aegean Palatial Society; 2 Structure, Dynamics, and the Final Collapse of Bronze Age Civilizations in the Second Millennium B.C.; 3 Plus Ça Change? On Not Learning from History Jonathan Friedman; Part II: Comparing Modern Hegemonic Declines; 4 Dutch Hegemony and Contemporary Globalization; 5 A Perspective on Ottoman Decline6 Polanyi's "Double Movement": The Belles Époques of British and U.S. Hegemony Compared; 7 Globalization, Democratization, and Global Elite Formation in Hegemonic Cycles: A Geopolitical Economy; Part III: Hegemonic Decline and Resistance; 8 Indigenous Peoples and Hegemonic Change: Threats to Sovereignty or Opportunities for Resistance?; 9 Terrorism and Hegemonic Decline; Index; About the Contributors; Series List
• Sommario/riassunto: Although the United States is currently the world's only military and economic superpower, the nation's superpower status may not last. The possible futures of the global system and the role of U.S. power are ; illuminated by careful study of the past. This book addresses the problems of conceptualizing and assessing hegemonic rise and decline in comparative and historical perspective. Several chapters are devoted to the study of hegemony in premodern world-systems. And several chapters scrutinize the contemporary position and trajectory of the United States in the larger world-system in comparison with the rise and decline of earlier great powers, such as the Dutch and British empires. Contributors: Kasja Ekholm, Johnny Persson, Norihisa Yamashita, Giovanni Arrighi, Beverly Silver, Karen Barkey, Jonathan Friedman, Christopher Chase-Dunn, Rebecca Giem, Andrew Jorgenson, John Rogers, Shoon Lio, Thomas Reifer, Peter Taylor, Albert Bergesen, Omar Lizardo, Thomas D. Hall.