{"product_id":"the-decline-of-american-power-the-u-s-in-a-chaotic-world","title":"The Decline of American Power: The U.S. in a Chaotic World","description":"\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 \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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50420218560786,"sku":"9781565847996","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_12bb599e-a12f-46b7-9c96-740a9c5c32d8.jpg?v=1729491641","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-decline-of-american-power-the-u-s-in-a-chaotic-world","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}