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America´s Global Advantage: US Hegemony and International Cooperation
Carla Norrlof
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Description for America´s Global Advantage: US Hegemony and International Cooperation
paperback. Shows how America has gained from being the world's dominant power, and why its hegemonic position is likely to endure. Num Pages: 292 pages, 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 490.
For over sixty years the United States has been the largest economy and most powerful country in the world. However, there is growing speculation that this era of hegemony is under threat as it faces huge trade deficits, a weaker currency, and stretched military resources. America's Global Advantage argues that, despite these difficulties, the US will maintain its privileged position. In this original and important contribution to a central subject in International Relations, Carla Norrlof challenges the prevailing wisdom that other states benefit more from US hegemony than the United States itself. By analysing America's structural advantages in trade, money, ... Read more
For over sixty years the United States has been the largest economy and most powerful country in the world. However, there is growing speculation that this era of hegemony is under threat as it faces huge trade deficits, a weaker currency, and stretched military resources. America's Global Advantage argues that, despite these difficulties, the US will maintain its privileged position. In this original and important contribution to a central subject in International Relations, Carla Norrlof challenges the prevailing wisdom that other states benefit more from US hegemony than the United States itself. By analysing America's structural advantages in trade, money, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
Number of Pages
292
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521749381
SKU
V9780521749381
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About Carla Norrlof
Carla Norrlof is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto.
Reviews for America´s Global Advantage: US Hegemony and International Cooperation
'With insight and verve, Carla Norrlof makes a strong case for the durability of U.S. hegemony in the world economy. Incorporating security considerations as well as trade and monetary relations, her analysis represents International Political Economy at its best.' Benjamin J. Cohen, University of California at Santa Barbara 'This is the most interesting work on hegemony and world politics for ... Read more