@article{332171,
      recid = {332171},
      author = {Starobin, Paul.},
      title = {After America : narratives for the next global age /},
      publisher = {Viking,},
      address = {New York :},
      pages = {x, 358 p. ;},
      year = {2009},
      abstract = {Journalist Starobin mixes fresh reportage with rigorous  historical analysis to envision a world in which the United  States is no longer the dominant superpower. The American  Century has passed, argues Starobin, due in large part to  America's military overreach in the Middle East; resurgent  nationalism and economic expansion in Russia, China, and  India; the tarnished American model of free-market  capitalism; and the growth of transnational institutions.  Following an insightful analysis of America's global  ascendancy, Starobin explores five possible scenarios: an  age of chaos like the one following the collapse of the  Roman Empire; a multipolar order of nations in which  America would be one great power among others; China  becoming the dominant superpower; an age of global  city-states; or a form of world government. A concluding  section explores how California--the eighth largest economy  in the world and among the most sophisticated spots on the  planet--is already starting to move beyond the American  Century.--From publisher description.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/332171},
}