Living with a Reluctant Hegemon: Explaining European Responses to Us Unilateralism

by Caroline Fehl

Book Overview

Living with a Reluctant Hegemon addresses a striking puzzle in contemporary world politics: why have European states responded in varying ways to recent unilateralist tendencies in US foreign policy? The United States played a hegemonic leadership role in building the post-war multilateral order but has been reluctant to embrace many recent multilateral treaty initiatives championed by its traditional European allies, such as the Kyoto Protocol on...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199608628
• ISBN13: 9780199608621
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"