Description
Book SynopsisLooks at the debates amongst critical theorists about the decline of US power.
Trade Review'This absorbing book makes a remarkable contribution to the current version of this very important debate, while revisiting its previous versions ... stimulating reading' -- Gilbert Achcar, Professor of Development Studies and International Relations at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) of the University of London
'A major addition to the literature on the decline of US hegemony' -- Donald Sassoon, Professor of Comparative European History, Queen Mary University of London
'Stimulating and challenging' -- Mike Newman, Emeritus Professor of Politics and Jean Monnet Professor of European Studies, London Metropolitan University
'The authors display an impressive mastery of the relevant theoretical literature without ignoring the factual details of the current financial and economic crisis' -- Ben Fowkes
'A coherent and theoretically informed account of the changing balance of global power' -- Professor Costas Lapavitsas, SOAS, University of London
'Ambitious... offers an historically informed alternative to mainstream readings of the crisis' -- Engelbert Stockhammer, Professor of Economics, Kingston University
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
List of Tables, Graphs and Maps
Introduction
1. Global Fault-lines
2. Bretton Woods to the Abyss of Globalisation, 1944-1971
3. The Failure of Financial Statecraft [1], 1971-1991
4. The Failure of Financial Statecraft [2], 1991-2011
5. The Power-Shift to the Global East
6. Resources Depletion and Environmental Degradation
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
