The Future of Global Relations: Crumbling Walls, Rising Regions

Foreword by Richard Falk Preface Introduction PART I: AN OVERVIEW OF AMERICAN HEGEMONY: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE Hegemony and its Alternatives Imperialism, Empire, Global Capitalism, and American Hegemony Hegemonic Global Capitalism versus the Universal Claims of Human Rights Law Confronting Hegemony as a Form of Social Domination Hegemonic Purposes The Unmapped and Uncharted Journey beyond American Hegemony The Paradigm of Emancipation PART II: RESISTANCE, REGIONALISM& REGIONALIZATION: COUNTER-HEGEMONIC Beginnings among Social Movements& Between Regions Competing Models to Explain American Hegemony and World Order The Unbalanced Power Projections of the American Hegemon Questions and Answers about Resistance to American Hegemony The Future of World Order& the 'Principle of Hegemonic State Accountability' (PHSA) Alternative Models to Superpower Hegemony Conclusion:The Rise of Regional Orders in the Emerging Post-Hegemonic Era