Exit from hegemony : the unraveling of the American global order / Alexander Cooley and Daniel Nexon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cooley, Alexander, 1972- author.

Nexon, Daniel H., 1973- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hegemony--United States.

Hegemony.

United States.

World politics--21st century.

World politics.

International organization.

United States--Foreign relations--21st century.

International relations.

Diplomatic relations.

Physical Description:

xix, 280 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]

Summary:

""We live in a period of uncertainty about the fate of American global leadership and the future of international order. The 2016 election of Donald Trump led many to pronounce the death, or at least terminal decline, of liberal international order - the system of institutions, rules, and values associated with the American-dominated international system. But the truth is that the unravelling of American global order began over a decade earlier. Exit from Hegemony develops an integrated approach to understanding the rise and decline of hegemonic orders. It calls attention to three drivers of transformation in contemporary order. First, great powers, most notably Russia and China, contest existing norms and values, while simultaneously building new spheres of international order through regional institutions. Second, the loss of the "patronage monopoly" once enjoyed by the United States and its allies allows weaker states to seek alternative providers of economic and military goods - providers who do not condition their support on compliance with liberal economic and political principles. Third, transnational counter-order movements, usually in the form of illiberal and right-wing nationalists, undermine support for liberal order and the American international system, including within the United States itself. Exit from Hegemony demonstrates that these broad sources of transformation - from above, below, and within - have transformed past international orders and undermine prior hegemonic powers. It provides evidence that that all three are, in the present, mutually reinforcing one another and, therefore, that the texture of world politics may be facing major changes""-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: This Time Is Different

2. The American Hegemonic System in Theoretical and Historical Perspective

3. How Hegemonic Orders Unravel

4. Exit from Above: Russia and China Seek to Transform the International Order

5. Exit from Below: Regime Security, Exit Options, and the Rise of New External Patrons

6. Exit from Within: Right-Wing Transnationalism as Counter-Order Movements

7. Exit Made in America: The Trump Presidency

8. Heading for the Exit.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Cooley, Alexander, 1972- Exit from hegemony.

ISBN:

9780190916473

0190916478

OCLC:

1128889094