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ISBN
9781788734080
Book Title
First-Class Passengers on a Sinking Ship : Elite Politics and the Decline of Great Powers
Publisher
Verso Books
Item Length
8.3 in
Publication Year
2024
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
1.2 in
Author
Richard Lachmann
Genre
Political Science, Social Science
Topic
Social Classes & Economic Disparity, History & Theory, International Relations / General, Commentary & Opinion
Item Weight
15.6 Oz
Item Width
5.5 in
Number of Pages
496 Pages

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Publisher
Verso Books
ISBN-10
1788734084
ISBN-13
9781788734080
eBay Product ID (ePID)
18067383878

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Book Title
First-Class Passengers on a Sinking Ship : Elite Politics and the Decline of Great Powers
Number of Pages
496 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2024
Topic
Social Classes & Economic Disparity, History & Theory, International Relations / General, Commentary & Opinion
Genre
Political Science, Social Science
Author
Richard Lachmann
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
15.6 Oz
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Width
5.5 in

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Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
327.1
Table Of Content
Preface Introduction: The Problem of Decline I. Hegemony Past 1. Hegemons, Empires, and Their Elites 2. Money and Military Success, 1500-1815 3. Spain and France: Military Dominance Without Hegemony 4. The Netherlands: Elites vs. Hegemony 5. Britain: Exceptional Reform II. Hegemony Present 6. From Consensus to Paralysis in the United States, 1960-2016 7. The American Military: Without Rival and Without Victory 8. The American Economy: Financial Cannibalization III. After Hegemony 9. After Decline Appendices Index
Synopsis
A history of why great powers decline, from Spain to the United States The extent and irreversibility of US decline is becoming ever more obvious as America loses war after war and as one industry after another loses its technological edge. Lachmann explains why the United States will not be able to sustain its global dominance, and contrasts America's relatively brief period of hegemony with the Netherlands' similarly short primacy and Britain's far longer era of leadership. Decline in all those cases was not inevitable and did not respond to global capitalist cycles. Rather, decline is the product of elites' success in grabbing control over resources and governmental powers. Not only are ordinary people harmed, but also capitalists become increasingly unable to coordinate their interests and adopt policies and make investments necessary to counter economic and geopolitical competitors elsewhere in the world. Conflicts among elites and challenges by non-elites determine the timing and mold the contours of decline. Lachmann traces the transformation of US politics from an era of elite consensus to present-day paralysis combined with neoliberal plunder, explains the paradox of an American military with an unprecedented technological edge unable to subdue even the weakest enemies, and the consequences of finance's cannibalization of the US economy.
LC Classification Number
JZ1310.L34 2024

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