10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DECLINIST»
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declinist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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When Empire Meets Nationalism: Power Politics in the US and ...
Declinism The declinist approach was brought to the forefront in Paul Kennedy's
work, The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, published in 1988.a Based on an
historical analysis, the author asserts that the American power, as Spain and ...
Mr Didier Chaudet, Florent Parmentier, Mr Benoît Pélopidas, 2013
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Interpretations of American History, 6th Ed, Vol.: Since 1877
Such a crisis could have a salutary effect by forcing America to take the road to
resurgence.13 The declinist-revivalist debate was probably destined to continue
for some time, particularly as the United States faced new challenges like the war
...
Gerald N. Grob, George Athan Billias, 2010
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Public Intellectuals: A Study of Decline, With a New Preface ...
Barzun's concern with the movement to casual dress raises a general question
about declinist literature—the question of what, or when, the declinist wants to
return to. Nietzsche and Heidegger thought we had gone off the tracks with
Socrates ...
Richard A. POSNER, Richard A Posner, 2009
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Soft Power and US Foreign Policy: Theoretical, Historical ...
It all began during the 1980s, when declinist theories had strength and popularity
in mainstream IR debates (Kennedy 1987). The central claim of declinist authors
was that the US policies during the Cold War had reached a point of overstretch ...
Inderjeet Parmar, Michael Cox, 2010
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Debating a Post-American World: What Lies Ahead?
shortcomings in national policy. And in this sense, Post-American World is very
much in the tradition of the “declinist” literature; the “rise of the rest” is simply a
more sensitive way of saying, “others are catching up to, and surpassing, the
United ...
Sean Clark, Sabrina Hoque, 2013
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Curriculum Studies: Curriculum forms
This has three aspects: first, how accurately does the declinist analysis describe
the English education system; secondly, how convincingly does it describe the
socio-economic situation; thirdly, how plausible is its account of the causal links ...
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A Companion to Contemporary Britain: 1939-2000
Broadberry himself retains a declinist approach, and uses a mass production/
craft production dichotomy to try and explain post-war disparities in productivity,
suggesting that in these years British firms were poor at producing goods
requiring ...
Paul Addison, Harriet Jones, 2008
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The Fleeing People of South Asia: Selections from Refugee Watch
The nervousness and anxiety is framed by various declinist images. A case in
point is offered by Samuel Huntington's worry over the dilution of the American
creed under the influence of Hispanic influx. Another example is provided by
Robert ...
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Western Spectacle of Governance and the Emergence of ...
In a more specific sense, it can be argued that the declinist imagery provides the
dramatic tension necessary to sustain the flow of imperial morality plays at
airports. This can be exemplified by the cat-and-mouse type of narrative of
terrorists ...
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Science, Technology and the British Industrial 'Decline', ...
This is very important for the history of British science and technology, since it has
too often been discussed in the context of a peculiarly declinist account of
economic history. It is worth stressing that this declinist historiography of British ...
David Edgerton, Economic History Society, 1996
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DECLINIST»
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declinist is used in the context of the following news items.
Remembrances of Ben J. Wattenberg, 1933-2015
He had hope about that — he was no declinist or despairer. He was a Democrat who loved his party in an almost ancestral way but he resisted ... «American Enterprise Institute, Jul 15»
Ben Wattenberg, Neoconservative Author and PBS Host, Is Dead at 81
“Above all,” he added, “he refused time and time again declinist forecasts about America.” Joseph Ben Zion Wattenberg was born in the Bronx ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
Gay Marriage and the GOP Sigh of Relief
Leave it to Erick Erickson to weave the together declinist fury with an explicit political calculation: Republicans can now, however move to more ... «The New Republic, Jun 15»
America, China and Global Stability: The rise of a new hegemon
There is a tendency to see America as a unique hegemon capable of defying historical, declinist trends, both in terms of the extent of its military ... «Shout Out UK, Jun 15»
Is Pope Francis Too Gloomy? Or Are Conservatives Just in Denial …
... which would seem to militate against a wholly declinist reading. “Young people,” Francis writes, “demand change. They wonder how anyone ... «The New Republic, Jun 15»
There's a downside to MLS teams taking the U.S. Open Cup more …
I tend to hate declinist arguments, usually centered around the FA Cup, that the much-vaunted "Magic of the Cup" is disappearing, since that's a ... «The Goat Parade, Jun 15»
Was Paul Kennedy Right? American Decline 30 Years On
To warn of decline is to be branded a “declinist,” eliding the important difference between identifying and embracing negative change. «War on the Rocks, Jun 15»
Is America's Mind-set the Greatest Threat to Its Future?
Before addressing the declinist charge that U.S. influence is receding—it is important to discuss some features of the emerging strategic context ... «The National Interest Online, May 15»
Political dysfunction is doing serious damage to US economic power.
Harvard professor Joseph Nye, who is not a declinist, begins his new book Is the American Century Over? noting that “in recent years, polls ... «Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, May 15»
The Golden State Approach to Managing the Middle East
Too declinist or defeatist for you? Think I've turned the United States into a potted plant incapable of exercising real influence and leadership? «Foreign Policy, May 15»
