The liberal order is decaying. Will it survive, and if not, what
will replace it? On the eightieth anniversary of the publication of
E.H. Carr's The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939, Philip Cunliffe
revisits this classic text, juxtaposing its claims with
contemporary debates on the rise and fall of the liberal
international order. The New Twenty Years' Crisis reveals that the
liberal international order experienced a twenty-year cycle of
decline from 1999 to 2019. In contrast to claims that the order has
been undermined by authoritarian challengers, Cunliffe argues that
the primary drivers of the crisis are internal. He shows that the
heavily ideological international relations theory that has
developed since the end of the Cold War is clouded by utopianism,
replacing analysis with aspiration and expressing the interests of
power rather than explaining its functioning. As a result, a
growing tendency to discount political alternatives has made us
less able to adapt to political change. In search of a solution,
this book argues that breaking through the current impasse will
require not only dissolving the new forms of utopianism, but also
pushing past the fear that the twenty-first century will repeat the
mistakes of the twentieth. Only then can we finally escape the
twenty years' crisis. By reflecting on Carr's foundational work,
The New Twenty Years' Crisis offers an opportunity to take stock of
the current state of international order and international
relations theory.
General
Imprint: |
McGill-Queen's University Press
|
Country of origin: |
Canada |
Release date: |
July 2020 |
Authors: |
Philip Cunliffe
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Dimensions: |
229 x 153 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
168 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-228-00102-7 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-228-00102-1 |
Barcode: |
9780228001027 |
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