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Book SynopsisOwen Worth is Lecturer in International Relations and International Political Economy at the University of Limerick, Ireland.
Trade Review'At a time of major geopolitical change, when the position of the United States and the international system it helped create are under sustained challenge, this book could hardly be more timely or significant. Working in the best traditions of informed critical scholarship, Owen Worth has produced an incisive and important analysis of hegemony that will be required reading for anyone wanting to understand a world in transition.' - Mark Beeson, The University of Western Australia 'Worth provides an in-depth, historically sensitive and conceptually refined intellectual history of a major concept in contemporary IR and IPE analysis. While sympathetic to its Gramscian usage, he also shows how the idea of hegemony draws on several competing intellectual currents, with very positive results.' - Randall Germain, Carleton University, Canada 'This book skilfully addresses the challenges of applying the concept of hegemony to International Relations. It combines an interrogation of the concept with a fascinating account of the international system across the ages, including significant debates about neoliberalism, American world order and other issues that occupy the thoughts of students and scholars of the discipline.' - Jonathan Joseph, University of Sheffield, UK
Table of Contents1. Introduction: Rethinking Hegemony in World Politics 2. Hegemony and Global Politics 3. Hegemonic and its Origins in World Politics 4. US Hegemony 5. Hegemony, Gramsci and World Politics 6. Neoliberal Hegemony 7. The Rise of China and the BRICS 8. Regionalism 9. The Idea of Counter-Hegemony 10. Conclusion: Rethinking and Understanding Hegemony in World Politics.
