The United States in decline

• Other Authors: Lachmann, Richard
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2014.
• Series: Political power and social theory ; v. 26.
• Subjects: 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 > 2001-2009.

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.

Table of 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.