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The United States in decline [electronic resource] / edited by Richard Lachmann.

Contributor(s): Lachmann, RichardMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Political power and social theory ; v. 26.Publication details: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2014Description: 1 online resource (257 p.)ISBN: 9781783508303 (electronic bk.) :Subject(s): Political Science -- History & Theory | Political science & theory | Geopolitics | Social theory | United States -- History -- 20th century | United States -- History -- 21st century | United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century | United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification: 973.9 LOC classification: E741 | .U55 2014Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Introduction : the United States in decline? / Richard Lachmann -- Can the U.S. sustain its global position? Dynamism and stagnation in the U.S. institutional model / Fred Block, Matthew R. Keller -- Cold War and China in the (un)making of the dollar standard / Ho-fung Hung -- Capital accumulation and the rise of Finance / Marcel Knudsen -- The flailing hegemon : managing U.S. military decline / Ian Roxborough, Zoe Levy -- Elite fragmentation and the decline of the United States / Mark Mizruchi, Mikell Hyman -- From consensus to paralysis in the United States, 1960-2010 / Richard Lachmann -- Convergence-2, or the fate of other superpower / Georgi Derluguian.
Summary: The essays in this volume examine finance, industry and strategy both internally and on a global scale. Contributors clarify our understanding of the current state and future trajectory of the United States and the effect of decline on its citizens and the world.
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