LEADER 02639nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910786325603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4422-1589-5 010 $a9786613941503 010 $a1-283-62905-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000277528 035 $a(EBL)1034727 035 $a(OCoLC)816282138 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000760113 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12299346 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000760113 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10810844 035 $a(PQKB)11226387 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1034727 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1034727 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10607484 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL394150 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000277528 100 $a20120719d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA world recast$b[electronic resource] $ean American moment in a post-Western order /$fSimon Serfaty 210 $aLanham, MD $cRowman & Littlefield Publishers$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (189 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4422-1587-9 311 $a1-4422-1588-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Chapter 1. A POST-WESTERN MOMENT; Chapter 2. RECASTING THE GLOBAL SYSTEM; Chapter 3. SIGHTS OF POWER; Chapter 4. A LONE SUPERPOWER; Chapter 5. CHOOSING ALLIES; Chapter 6. NO TIME FOR A TIME OUT; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX 330 $aIn this powerful and provocative book, distinguished scholar Simon Serfaty vigorously argues that while it is possible, and even desirable, to acknowledge the passing of the Western era, it is exaggerated to present it as an irreversible decline of the United States and the rest of the West, relative to China and the rest of the Rest. Rather, he shows that the unfolding post-Western moment of zero-polarity will be messy, involving a dozen or more other countries. But Serfaty convincingly contends that even during this moment of geopolitical transition, American power remains 606 $aGeopolitics$zUnited States 606 $aWorld politics$y21st century 606 $aCivilization, Western$y21st century 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y21st century 615 0$aGeopolitics 615 0$aWorld politics 615 0$aCivilization, Western 676 $a327.73009/05 700 $aSerfaty$b Simon$0571321 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786325603321 996 $aA world recast$93703903 997 $aUNINA