Description: Looks at the debates amongst critical theorists about the decline of US power.
Brief description:
Vassilis K. Fouskas is Professor of International Relations at Richmond University, London and the founding editor of the Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies. He is the author of Cyprus (Pluto, 2009), The Fall of the US Empire (Pluto, 2012) and Zones of Conflict (Pluto, 2003).
Review Quotes: 'This absorbing book makes a remarkable contribution to the current version of this very important debate, while revisiting its previous versions ... stimulating reading''A major addition to the literature on the decline of US hegemony''Stimulating and challenging''The authors display an impressive mastery of the relevant theoretical literature without ignoring the factual details of the current financial and economic crisis''A coherent and theoretically informed account of the changing balance of global power''Ambitious... offers an historically informed alternative to mainstream readings of the crisis'