| The Fall of the Us Empire: Global Fault-Lines and the Shifting Imperial Order Contributor(s): Fouskas, Vassilis K. (Joint Author), Gökay, Bülent (Joint Author) |
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ISBN: 0745326439 ISBN-13: 9780745326436 Publisher: Pluto Press (UK) OUR PRICE: $34.15 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Political Science | International Relations - General - Political Science | Political Economy |
| Dewey: 320.09 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.2" W x 8.3" (0.65 lbs) 216 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Despite Washington's military supremacy, its economic foundations have been weakening since the Vietnam war - accelerated by the great recession and credit-rating downgrade - and its global authority dented by the quagmires in Iraq and Afghanistan. This book intervenes in the debates surrounding America's status as an empire. It analyses Immanuel Wallerstein and others who argue that the US is in decline, to those who maintain that it remains a robust superpower. By explaining how America's neo-imperial system of governance has been working since WWII, it links the US's domestic and foreign vulnerabilities. The Fall of the US Empire argues that the time has come to understand the US empire not by its power but by its systemic vulnerabilities of financialisation, resource depletion and environmental degradation. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fouskas, Vassilis K.: - Vassilis K. Fouskas is Professor of International Relations at Richmond University, London and the founding editor of the Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies. He is the author of Cyprus (Pluto, 2009), The Fall of the US Empire (Pluto, 2012) and Zones of Conflict (Pluto, 2003). |
