Global Power Shifts, Diversity, and Hierarchy in International Politics

Liberal internationalism is under the microscope as never before as it faces a world experiencing turbulence and anxiety. The specter of right-wing authoritarianism and even fascism haunt Western societies as struggles for recognition dominate domestic politics, while demands of (re)emerging states...

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Published in:Ethics & international affairs 2019, Vol.33 (2), p.231-244
Main Author: Parmar, Inderjeet
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acknowledgment
Anxiety
Authoritarianism
Cold War
Collaboration
Crises
Developing countries
Discourses
Displaced persons
Domestic politics
Elites
Fascism
Foreign policy
Hegemony
Hierarchies
Imperialism
Intellectuals
International relations
Internationalism
LDCs
Legitimacy
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Norms
Politics
Postcolonialism
Power
Presidents
Review Essay
Right wing politics
Scholars
Socialism
Sovereignty
Western society
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Summary:Liberal internationalism is under the microscope as never before as it faces a world experiencing turbulence and anxiety. The specter of right-wing authoritarianism and even fascism haunt Western societies as struggles for recognition dominate domestic politics, while demands of (re)emerging states for international representation grow more compelling. Simultaneously, there is broader recognition of a growing legitimacy crisis of the American hegemon principally due to the mindsets and failures of its liberal hegemonic elites. Both developments are major advances in the understandings of how the West dominates “diversity regimes” and co-opts discourses universal in origin and character and of how the U.S. foreign policy establishment has brought the world to the current conjuncture. Yet, there are limitations still. Although central, the concepts of diversity, hierarchy, and elites need to be broadened out significantly, and rooted in corporate-class power, to fully comprehend the core crises of the international order today.
ISSN:0892-6794
1747-7093
DOI:10.1017/S0892679419000091