{"product_id":"the-decline-of-american-power-the-u-s-in-a-chaotic-world-paperback","title":"The Decline of American Power: The U.S. in a Chaotic World - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eImmanuel Wallerstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe internationally renowned theorist contends that the sun is setting on the American empire in this \"lucid, informed, and insightful\" account (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe United States currently finds itself  a] superpower that lacks true power, a world leader nobody follows and few respect, and a nation drifting dangerously amidst a global chaos it cannot control.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The United States in decline? Its admirers and detractors alike claim the opposite: America is now in a position of unprecedented global supremacy. But in fact, Immanuel Wallerstein argues, a more nuanced evaluation of recent history reveals that America has been fading as a global power since the end of the Vietnam War, and its response to the terrorist attacks of 9\/11 looks certain to hasten that decline. In this provocative collection, the visionary originator of world-systems analysis and the most innovative social scientist of his generation turns a practiced analytical eye to the turbulent beginnings of the twenty-first century. Touching on globalization, Islam, racism, democracy, intellectuals, and the state of the left wing, Wallerstein upends conventional wisdom to produce a clear-eyed--and troubling--assessment of the crumbling international order. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" Wallerstein's thought] provides a new framework for the subject of European history . . . it is compelling, a new explanation, a new classification, indeed a revolutionary one, of received knowledge and current thought.\" --Fernand Braudel\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eImmanuel Wallerstein is a senior research scholar in the department of sociology at Yale University and director emeritus of the Fernand Braudel Center at Binghamton University. He is also a resident researcher at the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme in Paris. His many books include \u003ci\u003eThe Modern World-System\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHistorical Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e. The New Press has published \u003ci\u003eAfter Liberalism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Decline of American Power\u003c\/i\u003e, and a collection of his works, \u003ci\u003eThe Essential Wallerstein\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut, and Paris, France. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 324\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.4 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771512258848,"sku":"9781565847996","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e7da5cecda6c5cf362cc0b8257170817.webp?v=1780387932","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-decline-of-american-power-the-u-s-in-a-chaotic-world-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}