Living with a Reluctant Hegemon: Explaining European Responses to US Unilateralism

Fehl, Caroline

ISBN 10: 0199608628 / ISBN 13: 9780199608621

Published by OUP Oxford, 2011

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The United States has achieved an unrivalled power position in the post-Cold War world, yet at the same time has been increasingly reluctant to accept new multilateral treaty commitments. Living with a Reluctant Hegemon sheds new light on the long-standing theoretical debate about the relationship between hegemony and international cooperation. Num Pages: 270 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 566. . 2011. Illustrated. hardcover. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Living with a Reluctant Hegemon: Explaining European Responses to US Unilateralism
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199608628
• ISBN 13: 9780199608621
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The United States has achieved an unrivalled power position in the post-Cold War world, yet at the same time has been increasingly reluctant to accept new multilateral treaty commitments. Living with a Reluctant Hegemon sheds new light on the long-standing theoretical debate about the relationship between hegemony and international cooperation.

About the Author

Caroline Fehl is Lecturer and Research Fellow at the Cluster of Excellence 'Normative Orders' in Goethe-Universitat, Frankfurt. She was previously an ESRC post-doctoral research fellow at the Department of Politics and International Relations in Oxford University. Fehl's work and publications to date have focused on theories of international cooperation and international institutions, international humanitarian and security institutions, as well as European foreign policy and transatlantic relations.