Overview
- Examines the need for a liberal hegemon in the global order
- Analyzes the United States's role in fulfilling the role of global liberal hegemon
- Considers the benefits of the United States's role as liberal hegemon for the individual citizen
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The United States as Global Liberal Hegemon examines America’s role as the global liberal hegemon. Using a historical analysis to understand how the United States came to serve as the world leader, Goldberg argues why the role of a liberal hegemon is needed, whether the United States has the ability to fulfill this role, and what the pitfalls and liabilities of continuing in this role are for the nation. He also considers the impact that this role on the global stage has for the country as well as individual citizens of the United States. Goldberg argues that the United States's geographic location away from strong competitors, it's role as the dominant economy for much of the 20th century, and its political culture of meritocracy all contributed to the United States taking this role in the 1940s. He also argues that the role of liberal hegemon has shifted to include not only being the international policeperson but also to be the world's central banker, a role that at this time only the United States can fill.
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About the author
Edward Goldberg is Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Center for Global Affairs at New York University, USA. He is the author of Why Globalization Works For America: How Nationalist Trade Policies Are Destroying America (2020) and The Joint Ventured Nation: Why America Needs A New Foreign Policy (2016).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The United States as Global Liberal Hegemon
Book Subtitle: How the US Came to Lead the World
Authors: Edward Goldberg
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-55692-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-55691-3Published: 25 April 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-55694-4Due: 26 May 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-55692-0Published: 24 April 2024
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 164
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Political Science, Foreign Policy, International Relations