Overview

The ‘Liberal World Order’ (LWO) is today in crisis. But what explains this crisis? Whereas its critics see it as the unmasking of Western hypocrisy, its longstanding proponents argue it is under threat by competing illiberal projects. This book takes a different stance: neither internal hypocrisy, nor external attacks explain the decline of the LWO – a deviation from its original lane does. Emerged as a project aiming to harmonize state sovereignty and the market, through the promotion of liberal democracy domestically, and free trade and economic cooperation internationally, the LWO was hijacked in the 1980s: market forces overshadowed democratic forces, thus disfiguring the LWO into a Neoliberal Global Order. The book advocates for a revival of its original intellectual premises, that in the aftermath of World War II marked the zenith of political modernity.

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Author:   Vittorio Emanuele Parsi ,  Malvina Parsi
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   2021 ed.
Weight:   0.450kg
ISBN:  

9783030720452

ISBN 10:   3030720454
Pages:   325
Publication Date:   02 July 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   Italian

Table of Contents

Chapter 1:The Liberal Order and the Broken Pact Between Democracy and Market.- PART I: OUT OF ROUTE.- Chapter 2: Titanic, or the Unsinkable Order: Origins, Expansion and Betrayal of the Liberal World Order (1945-2000).- Chapter 3: The Broken Promises that Hijacked the Liberal World Order: A Safer, Fairer, and Richer World.- PART II: THE FOUR SIDES OF THE ICEBERG.- Chapter 4: The Decline of American Leadership and the Rise of Chinese and Russian Authoritarian Powers.- Chapter 5: The Molecularization of the Threat:  Jihadist Terrorism, Islamist Radicalization, and the Mediterranean Migration Tragedy.- Chapter 6: The Drift of Trump’s America in the Liberal World Order: From Reluctant Ruler-Maker to Revisionist Power.- Chapter 7: The Occultation of the People: How Sovereignist Populism, Stateless Actors and Technocratic Oligarchies Have Taken on Boarding Democracies.- PART III: A NORTHWEST PASSAGE.- Chapter 8: Changes at the Helm After the Crash? Transitions Within theLiberal World Order and the Challenges for Europe.-Conclusions The Neoliberal Global Order and COVID-19: Which Way Ahead? 

Reviews

“Parsi’s book, The Wrecking of the Liberal World Order, starts with ‘The Liberal World Order and the Broken Pact Between Democracy and Market’. … The Liberal World Order described by Parsi involved five pillars. … In developing his theme, the book follows with several very well developed, in-depth chapters on the development … . Subsequent chapters cover Parsi’s four trends in admirable depth. …” (Philip G. Cerny, European Review of International Studies ERIS, Issue 10, 2023)

Author Information

Vittorio Emanuele Parsi is Professor of International Relations at Università Cattolica (Milan, Italy) and Director of ASERI (Graduate School of Economics and International Relations).

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