American global pre-eminence [electronic resource] : the development and erosion of systemic leadership / William R. Thompson.

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Most discussions of US decline in global politics couch their arguments and evidence in the most contemporary context. But the US follows a global lineage that has been emerging and evolving for centuries. In 'American Global Pre-Eminence', William R. Thompson argues that systemic leadership is base...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thompson, William R. (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Hegemony > United States.
Unipolarity (International relations)
Political leadership.
United States > Foreign relations > 21st century.
United States > Economic conditions > 21st century.
United States > Politics and government > 21st century.
Online Access:
Oxford Scholarship Online 2022: 2022 (Oxford Academic)
University Press Scholarship Online Complete Collection: 2022 (Oxford Academic)
Oxford Scholarship Online: 2022 (Oxford Academic)
Variant Title:
American Global Pre-Eminence: The Development and Erosion of Systemic Leadership
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • 1. The Rise and Slow Retreat of American Systematic Leadership
  • 2. System Leadership, Rise, and Relative Decline
  • 3. The Rise of the US Economy
  • 4. Structure, Agency, and Grand Strategy
  • 5. The Relative Decline of the United States
  • 6. The Dysfunctionality of Domestic Politics
  • 7. The Unipolar Mirage
  • 8. The End of Systemic Leadership as We Have Come to Know It?
  • 9. The Second Sino-American Rivalry
  • 10. The Future of World Order
  • References
  • Index.