Liberal Leviathan: The Origins, Crisis, and Transformation of the American World Order

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"Liberal Leviathan: The Origins, Crisis, and Transformation of the American World Order" is a major work of international relations theory that analyzes how the United States built and has struggled to sustain a liberal international order in the post-World War II era.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
international relations theory book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
academicDiscipline international relations ⓘ
political science ⓘ
arguesThat American power is embedded in multilateral institutions and rules ⓘ
the United States built a liberal international order after World War II ⓘ
the crisis of the liberal order is partly due to U.S. unilateralism and overreach ⓘ
the liberal order faces crisis from both external and internal sources ⓘ
author G. John Ikenberry ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
examinesPeriod Cold War era ⓘ
linked to: Cold War

post-1945 international system ⓘ
post-Cold War era ⓘ
focusesOn United States foreign policy ⓘ
crisis of American-led order after the Cold War ⓘ
postwar Western order ⓘ
format ebook ⓘ
hardcover ⓘ
paperback ⓘ
genre international relations ⓘ
political science ⓘ
intendedAudience policy makers interested in U.S. foreign policy ⓘ
scholars of international relations ⓘ
students of international politics ⓘ
keyConcept binding and self-restraint of hegemonic power ⓘ
constitutional order ⓘ
liberal hegemonic order ⓘ
rules-based international system ⓘ
language English ⓘ
placeInLiterature major contribution to debates on the future of the liberal international order ⓘ
widely cited in international relations scholarship ⓘ
proposes reform and renewal of the liberal international order rather than its abandonment ⓘ
publicationYear 2011 ⓘ
publisher Princeton University Press ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor After Victory: Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the Rebuilding of Order after Major Wars ⓘ
The Crisis of American Foreign Policy: Wilsonianism in the Twenty-first Century ⓘ
subject American hegemony ⓘ
hegemony and cooperation ⓘ
institutionalism in international relations ⓘ
liberal international order ⓘ
post-World War II international order ⓘ
theoreticalApproach hegemonic stability theory (revised) ⓘ
liberal institutionalism ⓘ

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