TY - BOOK AU - Lachmann,Richard TI - The United States in decline T2 - Political power and social theory, SN - 9781783508303 (electronic bk.) : AV - E741 .U55 2014 U1 - 973.9 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Bingley, U.K. PB - Emerald KW - Political Science KW - History & Theory KW - bisacsh KW - Political science & theory KW - bicssc KW - Geopolitics KW - Social theory KW - United States KW - History KW - 20th century KW - 21st century KW - Politics and government KW - 2001-2009 N1 - Includes index; 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/S0198-8719(2014)26 ER -