Empire

Lloyd Cox

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Empire

Lloyd Cox^*

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Analyses of empire have proliferated in recent years. This was prompted by the United States' pivot to a more militant and unilateral foreign policy under the presidency of George W. Bush. Questions raised about the nature of contemporary US power have led to a broader reconsideration of empires, new and old. This entry situates such debates within a discussion of the historical development of empires and imperialism, from antiquity to the present. In so doing, it also sketches some of the more important explanations of empire, before concluding with some thoughts about the contending positions in the recent debate over US empire and hegemony.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Wiley Blackwell encyclopedia of race, ethnicity and nationalism
Editors	John Stone, Dennis M. Rutledge, Anthony D. Smith, Polly S. Rizova, Xiaoshuo Hou, J. Michael Ryan
Place of Publication	Chichester, UK
Publisher	John Wiley & Sons
Pages	1-4
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781118663202
ISBN (Print)	9781405189781
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118663202.wberen602
Publication status	Published - 2016

Keywords

capitalism
civilization
colonialism
globalization
imperialism

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Empire. / Cox, Lloyd.
The Wiley Blackwell encyclopedia of race, ethnicity and nationalism. ed. / John Stone; Dennis M. Rutledge; Anthony D. Smith; Polly S. Rizova; Xiaoshuo Hou; J. Michael Ryan. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, 2016. p. 1-4.

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