{"product_id":"the-decline-of-american-power-immanuel-wallerstein-9781565847996","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\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Immanuel Wallerstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1565847997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781565847996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2003 pg. 797\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2004 pg. 61","brand":"Immanuel Wallerstein","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46372816355583,"sku":"9781565847996","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3db94a62-1c3f-458b-a994-0ab33e185b59.jpg?v=1732727042","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-decline-of-american-power-immanuel-wallerstein-9781565847996","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}