Hegemony : the new shape of global power / John Agnew.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Agnew, John A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consumption (Economics).

Globalization.

Civilization, Modern--American influences.

Civilization, Modern.

World politics--21st century.

World politics.

Geopolitics.

United States--Foreign economic relations.

United States.

United States--Economic policy.

United States--Foreign relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hegemony tells the story of the drive to create consumer capitalism abroad through political pressure and the promise of goods for mass consumption. In contrast to the recent literature on America as empire, it explains that the primary goal of the foreign and economic policies of the United States is a world which increasingly reflects the American way of doing business, not the formation or management of an empire. Contextualizing both the Iraq war and recent plant closings in the U.S., noted author John Agnew shows how American hegemony has created a world in which power is no

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Hegemony versus Empire; 3 American Hegemony and the New Geography of Power; 4 Placing American Hegemony; 5 U.S. Constitutionalism or Marketplace Society?; 6 Globalizing American Hegemony; 7 The New Global Economy; 8 Globalization Comes Home; 9 Conclusion; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-266) and index.

ISBN:

9786611093617

9781281093615

1281093610

9781592137671

1592137679

OCLC:

476074941