Pizhuhish nāmah-i intiqādī-i mutūn va barnāmah hā-yi ̒ulūm-i insāni (Critical Studies in Texts & Programs of Human Sciences)

Review of the Book “Hegemony: The New Shape of Global Power”

Document Type : Research

Authors

Rasoul Afzali 1
Mohammad zohdi Gohar 2
Akbar Valizadeh 3

1 Accociate Professor of Political Geography, University of Tehran

2 PhD Student of Political Geography, University of Tehran

3 Assistant Professor of Regional Studies, University of Tehran

Abstract
"Hegemony: A New Form of Global Power" was written by John Agnew, and it was published by "Temple University" in 2005. The importance of this book lies in the conceptualization of a new theory of hegemony. There have been three theories on the issue of hegemony so far.  Deconstructing concepts and a critical approach in the context of a new theory have made this book different. This book has theorized and conceptualized the fourth theory. The Foundation of Agnew’s theory versus the three previous theoretical models emphasizes the society-oriented of hegemony and the process of its formation.
But, Agnew’s pluralistic viewpoint to the pivotal issue of international political economy, proposed by realists, is not free from criticisms. Agnew attacks the government so severe that the audience think government does not have any role in economy outside the scope of the community and the social forces. Therefore, how we can accept that the hegemony establishment by the most powerful government in the second half of the twentieth century, that is the USA, has been a non-governmental process leaves the audience with no answer.

Keywords

Hegemony
John Agnew
Political Economy
International Regimes
The United States of America

Subjects

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  • Receive Date 23 August 2017
  • Revise Date 11 January 2018
  • Accept Date 24 October 2017

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