Sociology

Product Description

This book traces the dynamics of international rivalry from the late 1970s up
through the present. Among the members of the dominant North political
discord has become prominent recently in debates ranging from the Balkan Wars
to the Second Gulf War. Yet a wide array of disputes—launching of global
positioning systems to steel imports—have shattered the semblance of unity and
cooperation among the members of the North, the triad of Europe, U.S., and
east Asia. The book explores the subversive ways in which the configuration of
economic networks in east Asia are subtly leaving their mark on the structure of
the world-system. Also addressed are the ramifications on the South of this
sharpening rivalry and, more importantly, whether this round of imperial rivalry
will eventually give way, as previously in history, to new forms of international
domination.

About The Author

Faruk Tabak is assistant professor in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

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