Among Empires: American Ascendancy and Its PredecessorsHarvard University Press, 2006. ápr. 24. - 384 oldal Contemporary America, with its unparalleled armaments and ambition, seems to many commentators a new empire. Others angrily reject the designation. What stakes would being an empire have for our identity at home and our role abroad? |
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... , its settling by migrants from diverse societies , its reli- gious pluralism , its opportunity to build political institutions afresh . But America has never been exempt from scarcity , poverty 4 Questions at the Outset.
... institutions outside of their specific histories must lead to distortion , perhaps akin to that which a museum imposes on the artifacts it displays . But muse- ums still serve us , and narratives themselves remain a form of decon ...
... institutions as in what we might call our im- plicit constitution : the altered balance between executive and legislature and media , the recruitment of our political leaders , the role of wealth in winning office , the quality of ...
... institutions . In this general sense , what institutional arrangements among peoples or within states constitute an empire ? What are the criteria of empire ? Usually they are defined in terms of a process — that of military expan- sion ...
... institutions that communities generated from " below , " such as church congregations , clubs and trade unions , citizens move- ments . The forces of civil society stood independent of the state and undermined in particular the ...