End of American World Order - Softcover

Acharya, Amitav

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0745672485 ISBN 13: 9780745672489

Verlag: Polity Press, 2014

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In this challenging  and stimulating book Amitav Acharya does not assume  that the US is in terminal decline or  will not  continue to play a central role in world affairs. Rather he makes the much more interesting – and compelling - argument that the liberal order the United States created after World War II is on the wane  with results that might be far less disturbing and  dangerous than many Americans have hitherto assumed. A subtle and compelling study on one of the great  issues of our day. A work that is bound to provoke widespread debate amongst policy-makers and academics alike.
Professor Michael Cox, IDEAS and the  Department of International Relations,  The London School of Economics

An important contribution to the building debate over how to sustain international order in an era of profound change. Acharya foresees a more regionalized and pluralist order – a decentered world, but one linked together by networks and institutions. His vision is not just creative and provocative, but also a compelling prediction of where the world is likely headed.
Charles Kupchan, Georgetown University, Council on Foreign Relations

 

Reseña del editor

The age of Western hegemony is over. Whether or not America itself is declining, the post-war liberal world order underpinned by US military, economic and ideological primacy and supported by global institutions serving its power and purpose, is coming to an end. But what will take its place? A Chinese world order? A re-constituted form of American hegemony? A regionalized system of global cooperation, including major and emerging powers?
In this timely and provocative book, Amitav Acharya offers an incisive answer to this fundamental question. While the US will remain a major force in world affairs, he argues that it has lost the ability to shape world order after its own interests and image. As a result, the US will be one of a number of anchors including emerging powers, regional forces, and a concert of the old and new powers shaping a new world order. Rejecting labels such as multipolar, apolar, or G-Zero, Acharya likens the emerging system to a multiplex theatre, offering a choice of plots (ideas), directors (power), and action (leadership) under one roof. Finally, he reflects on the policies that the US, emerging powers and regional actors must pursue to promote stability in this decentred but interdependent, multiplex world.

Written by a leading scholar of the international relations of the non-Western world, and rising above partisan punditry, this book represents a major contribution to debates over the post-American era.

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• Verlag: Polity Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0745672485
• ISBN 13: 9780745672489
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 168