The Rise and Fall of American Hegemony
The rise and fall of US hegemony
A Review of Some Related Literature
Table of contents
ABSTRACT 1
MAIN PAPER
I. INTRODUCTION 2
II. EMPIRICAL LITERATURE REVIEW 3
III. DISCUSSION 7
IV. CONCLUSION 11
REFERENCES
ABSTRACT
Scholars like Johan Galtung, Robert Gilpin and Noam Chomsky greatly influenced the background ideas of this paper. Most of the cases the author argues come and are mostly based from the books of the said scholars.
Galtung discusses most of the points that are crucial to this paper like the similar factors between empires and the current western imperialism and what the implications of these similarities are. Gilpin on the other hand, is more focused on the discussion of the theory of hegemonic stability, in which this paper will try to explain how it applies to US and its current situation. Chomsky, which is more like Galtung, discusses the key points where US might be going down from its pedestal one grave mistake at a time in which this paper also tries to be giving interpretations and predictions for the US’ future.
The key ideas to this paper will be the comparison of the previous empires to the western imperialism today, the theory of hegemonic stability and the interpretations of US’ actions. I.INTRODUCTION
It has been endless since people try to define what hegemony is. Hegemony are defined by different people in different perception, it is from a realist perception to a liberalist perception. Hegemony is defined in the World Wide Web as a “leadership" or "hegemon" for "leader". It is also a political, economic, ideological or cultural power exerted by a dominant group over other groups, regardless of the explicit consent of the latter. While initially referring to the political dominance of certain ancient Greek city-states over their neighbors, the term has come to be used in a variety of other contexts, in particular Marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci's theory of cultural hegemony. The
A Review of Some Related Literature
Table of contents
ABSTRACT 1
MAIN PAPER
I. INTRODUCTION 2
II. EMPIRICAL LITERATURE REVIEW 3
III. DISCUSSION 7
IV. CONCLUSION 11
REFERENCES
ABSTRACT
Scholars like Johan Galtung, Robert Gilpin and Noam Chomsky greatly influenced the background ideas of this paper. Most of the cases the author argues come and are mostly based from the books of the said scholars.
Galtung discusses most of the points that are crucial to this paper like the similar factors between empires and the current western imperialism and what the implications of these similarities are. Gilpin on the other hand, is more focused on the discussion of the theory of hegemonic stability, in which this paper will try to explain how it applies to US and its current situation. Chomsky, which is more like Galtung, discusses the key points where US might be going down from its pedestal one grave mistake at a time in which this paper also tries to be giving interpretations and predictions for the US’ future.
The key ideas to this paper will be the comparison of the previous empires to the western imperialism today, the theory of hegemonic stability and the interpretations of US’ actions. I.INTRODUCTION
It has been endless since people try to define what hegemony is. Hegemony are defined by different people in different perception, it is from a realist perception to a liberalist perception. Hegemony is defined in the World Wide Web as a “leadership" or "hegemon" for "leader". It is also a political, economic, ideological or cultural power exerted by a dominant group over other groups, regardless of the explicit consent of the latter. While initially referring to the political dominance of certain ancient Greek city-states over their neighbors, the term has come to be used in a variety of other contexts, in particular Marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci's theory of cultural hegemony. The
References: • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hegemonic_stability_theory • Power and Interest News Report (2005) • The Best and Worst of Times: Investors Look beyond Europe’s Political Malaise,” Financial Times, Wednesday, Dec. 28. Trofimov, Y. (2003) • “U.S • “The European superpowers”, McCormick John (2007) • Noam Chomsky,Hegemony or Survival