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The Decline of American Power:

The U. S. in a Chaotic World
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The New Press, 2011 - Political Science - 324 pages
The United States in decline? Its admirers and detractors alike claim the opposite: that America is now in a position of unprecedented global supremacy. But in fact, Immanuel Wallerstein argues, a more nuanced evaluation of recent history reveals that America has been fading as a global power since the end of the Vietnam War, and its response to the terrorist attacks of September 11 looks certain to hasten that decline. In this provocative collection, the visionary originator of world-systems analysis and the most innovative social scientist of his generation turns a practiced analytical eye t.
  

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Review: The Decline of American Power: The US in a Chaotic World

User Review  - Matt - Goodreads

A collection of essays on America's geopolitical status and, as the name suggests, its decline that international scheme. This is a book I'd dearly love to give more attention to at another time, but ... Read full review

Review: The Decline of American Power: The US in a Chaotic World

User Review  - Daniel Burton-Rose - Goodreads

One of the best summaries of immediate post-Sept. 11 geopolitics available. Read full review

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Contents

THE WORLDSYSTEM SINCE 1989
THE WORLDSYSTEM SINCE 1945
THE WORLDSYSTEM SINCE 1492
THE WORLDSYSTEM AFTER 2000
NOTES
NOTES
DEMOCRACY AND THE WORLDSYSTEM UP TO NOW
DEMOCRACY AS RHETORIC
IDEALS VERSUS PRIVILEGE
FROM CERTAINTY TO UNCERTAINTY
SYSTEMIC CRISIS
SYSTEMIC TRANSITION
A STRATEGY FOR THE WORLD LEFT
THE TRIADIC CLEAVAGE
THE NORTHSOUTH CLEAVAGE
THE DAVOSPORTO ALEGRE CLEAVAGE

DEMOCRACY AS REALIZATION
DEMOCRACY AS POSSIBILITY
I AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
II ATTACK ON AMERICA
III AMERICA AND WORLD POWER
WHAT FUTURE FOR THE WORLD?
1 The Righteous War
2 Shock and Awe?
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Immanuel Wallerstein is a Senior Research Scholar at Yale University, and author most recently of Decline of American Power; Utopistics; and After Liberalism.

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