American power in the Twenty-first century / edited by David Held and Mathias Koenig-Archibugi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Held, David.

Koenig-Archibugi, Mathias.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Balance of power.

World politics--1995-2005.

World politics.

United States--Foreign relations.

United States.

International relations.

Physical Description:

x, 299 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

American power in the 21st century

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; Malden, Mass. : Polity, 2004.

Summary:

America wields a combination of military, economic and cultural power that many consider unprecedented. The way America uses this power has repercussions on every major issue of world affairs, including the prospects of regional security, the spread of democratic governance, and the provision of global public goods in economic and environmental domains. This volume explores the questions raised by American power from a variety of perspectives. Is the emphasis laid on military power likely to be self-defeating for the United States in the long run? Is "soft power" or persuasion a more effective way to promote American interests and goals? How is American predominance perceived in Europe, China and the Arab world? Will it last or will other powers coalesce to resist US hegemony? The authors address these and other fundamental questions in rigorous and historically sensitive analyses of this critical juncture in global politics. The book will be of great interest to students and scholars in political science and international relations, as well as all those concerned with and by one of the key topics of our time.

Contents:

Introduction: Whither American Power? / David Held, Mathias Koenig-Archibugi 1

1 Empire? The Bush Doctrine and the Lessons of History / Michael Cox 21

2 The First Failed Empire of the Twenty-First Century / Michael Mann 52

3 Liberal Hegemony or Empire? American Power in the Age of Unipolarity / G. John Ikenberry 83

4 Hard Power, Soft Power, and "The War on Terrorism" / Joseph S. Nye, Jr 114

5 Power and Weakness / Robert Kagan 134

6 The Goals of Diplomacy, Hard Power, and Soft Power / Robert Cooper 167

7 American Power: From "Compellance" to Cosmopolitanism? / Mary Kaldor 181

8 Beyond Iraq: The Crisis of the Transatlantic Security Community / Thomas Risse 214

9 The Bush Doctrine: A Chinese Perspective / Zhiyuan Cui 241

10 Waiting for Armageddon: The "Mother of All Empires" and its Middle East Quagmire / Abdelwahab El-Affendi 252.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0745633463

0745633471

OCLC:

56441558