Liberal World Order in Crisis Choosing Between Imposition and Restraint

Name: Liberal World Order in Crisis Choosing Between Imposition and Restraint
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ISBN: 9780801450228

ISBN-10: 0801450225

ISBN-13: 9780801450228

Edition: 2011

Authors: Georg Sï¿½rensen

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The collapse of the bipolar international system near the end of the twentieth century changed political liberalism from a regional system with aspirations of universality to global ideological dominance as the basic vision of how international life should be organized. Yet in the last two decades liberal democracies have not been able to create an effective and legitimate liberal world order. In A Liberal World Order in Crisis, Georg Sorensen suggests that this is connected to major tensions between two strains of liberalism: a "liberalism of imposition" affirms the universal validity of liberal values and is ready to use any means to secure the worldwide expansion of liberal principles. A…

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List price: $45.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 11/15/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 232
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 2.002
Language: English

Georg Sorensen is Professor of Political Science at the University of Aarhus. He is the author of several books, including and .



Preface


Introduction: The Argument



The Debate on World Order



Tensions in Liberalism: Universal Values for All or a Pluralist World?



Values and Liberal World Order



A Different Security Dilemma: Liberals Facing Weak and Failed States



Free Markets for All: The Difficulties of Maintaining a Stable Liberal World Economy



Institutions and Liberal World Order


Conclusion: Prospects for Liberal World Order


List of Abbreviations


References


Index