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Hegemony in International Society (Hardcover)
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Can international legitimacy operate even in a deformed balance of
power, and when there is only one dominant state? Conventionally,
hegemony has been perceived as a threat to international society.
But how then is international order to be maintained, if this still
requires a managerial role on the part of the great powers?
International Relations theory has not taken that problem
sufficiently seriously. Hegemony in International Society study
makes a sharp distinction between primacy, denoting merely a form
of material power, and hegemony, understood as a legitimate
practice, and as giving rise to a form of social power. Clark
suggests hegemony be considered as one potential institution of
international society, and hence as one possible mechanism of
international order.
Hegemony in International Society reviews some relevant historical
cases (the Concert of Europe, Pax Britannica, and Pax Americana)
and argues that, instead of one model of hegemony, these represent
several different variants: importantly, each displays its own
distinctive legitimacy dynamics. Once these are appreciated, they
can help us identify the possible institutional forms of hegemony
in contemporary international society. This is done through three
cases, examining in turn US policy on the UN Security Council, in
East Asia, and on climate change. The overall argument challenges
the limited post-Cold War debate about primacy, and the equally
simplistic projections about the future distribution of power to
which it gives rise. In doing so, it offers a major re-thinking of
the concept of hegemony in international relations.
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