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1 online resource (115 pages) |
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World Politics and Dialogues of Civilizations Ser |
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World Politics and Dialogues of Civilizations Ser
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: liberal world order in retreat; Notes; Chapter 1 Hubris: the rise and fall of the liberal world order; The liberal world order in question; Can the liberal world order endure?; Sphere of influence or imperialism?; Liberal hubris; How liberalism undermines Western civilisation; Notes; Chapter 2 Backlash: the global revolt against liberalism; The new disorder; Liberal and illiberal populism; The end of economic progress; How identity politics is eroding the West |
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The illiberal non-WestNotes; Chapter 3 Interregnum: the battle for hegemony; Liberal interregnum; "Great power" resurgence; The rise of civilisational states; The Eurasian crucible; Notes; Chapter 4 Commonwealths: the case for cultural association; Order and culture; Anarchy and artifice; The alternative of association; Cultural commonwealths; Notes; Chapter 5 Covenant: the resurgence of civilisation; Liberal empire; Western civilisation in question; The liberal order versus Western civilisation; Civic power; Covenant and commonwealth; Notes; Conclusion: the once and future order; Note; Index |
| Summary |
Liberals blame the retreat of the liberal world order on populists at home and authoritarian leaders abroad. Only liberalism, so they claim, can defend the rules-based international system against demagogy, corruption and nationalism. This provocative book contends that the liberal world order is illiberal and undemocratic - intolerant about the cultural values of ordinary people in the West and elsewhere while concentrating power in the hands of unaccountable Western elites and Western-dominated institutions. Under the influence of contemporary liberalism, the international system is fuelling economic injustice, social fragmentation and a worldwide "culture war" between globalists and nativists. Liberals, far from defending rules, have broken international law and imposed their version of market fundamentalism and democracy promotion by military means. Liberal "civilisation" has fuelled resentment across the world by imposing a narrow worldview that pits cultures against one another. To avoid a descent into a violent culture clash, this book proposes radical ideas for international order that take the form of cultural commonwealths - social bonds and crossborder cultural ties on which international trust and cooperation depends. The book's defence of an older order against both liberals and nationalists will speak to all readers trying to understand our age of anger. This book will be of key interest to scholars, students and readers of liberalism, political theory and democracy, and more broadly to comparative politics and international relations |
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Print version record |
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Liberalism.
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International organization.
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International relations.
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Cultural diplomacy.
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Free enterprise.
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liberalism.
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international relations.
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democracy.
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economic injustice.
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globalization.
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global inequalities.
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illiberalism.
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Pabst.
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populism.
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social fragmentation.
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Free enterprise
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Cultural diplomacy
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International organization
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International relations
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Liberalism
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429672446 |
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0429672446 |
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9780429670954 |
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0429670958 |
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9780429669460 |
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0429669461 |
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9780429019852 |
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0429019858 |
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