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Is there hope for Uncle Sam? : beyond the American bubble / Jan Nederveen Pieterse.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nederveen Pieterse, Jan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World politics--1989-.
- World politics.
- United States--Economic conditions.
- United States.
- United States--Foreign relations--2001-2009.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- [London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021
- Other Title:
- Beyond the American bubble
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : Zed Books, ©2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- For over a century now, America has dominated global politics and the global imagination. Yet as the dollar declines, inequality increases, rates of consumption are unprecedented and American unilateralism comes under fire, such hegemony is increasingly unsustainable. In this provocative new book, leading sociologist Jan Nederveen Pieterse asks whether it?s possible for America to chart a different course.
- Contents:
- A study in decline
- The American bubble
- Odd numbers
- Dixie politics
- The trouble with hegemony
- Does empire matter?
- Political and economic brinkmanship
- Can the United States correct itself?
- New balance.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references pages 194-207) and index.
- Print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781350220874
- 1350220876
- 9781848133617
- 1848133618
- OCLC:
- 319967388
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