POLI 244 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Jingoism, Isolationism, High Tech
15 Dec 2019
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Beckley 2011: beckley doesn"t believe us power to be diminishing vis- -vis china, and calls those who do. Declinists people who call that: he sees the status quo as favoring continued us dominance. The us rose relative to china while propping up the world economy and maintaining a hegemonic presence abroad us cultivated this: wants the us to maintain open markets, as these will benefit the us and china equally. Both sides can prosper but within that context us would stay strong. Distinction between but you think will happen and what you hope will happen. Threatening us jobs, suppliers, working class since they can"t compete with cheap prices. Beckley says chinese goods being more affordable helps with the standard of living and still keeps us in its place. Isolationism as a response to china: hegemonic struggles have most frequently been by fears of ultimate decline and the perceived erosion of power.
