Is Covid-19 the end of US hegemony? Public bads, leadership failures and monetary hegemony
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3739701 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carla Norrlof (0000-0002-8598-7689, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 96 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1281-1303 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-5850 • E-ISSN: 1468-2346 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ia/iiaa134 |
| PMID | 34191870 |
| OpenAlex | W3083967403 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 1 |
COVID-19 is the most invasive global crisis in the postwar era, jeopardizing all dimensions of human activity. By theorizing COVID-19 as a public bad, I shed light on one of the great debates of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries regarding the relationship between the United States and liberal international order (LIO). Conceptualizing the pandemic as a public bad, I analyze its consequences for US hegemony. Unlike other international public bads and many of the most important public goods that make up the LIO, the COVID-19 public bad not only has some degree of rivalry but can be made partially excludable, transforming it into more of a club good. Domestically, I demonstrate how the failure to effectively manage the COVID-19 public bad has compromised America's ability to secure the health of its citizens and the domestic economy, the very foundations for its international leadership. These failures jeopardize US provision of other global public goods. Internationally, I show how the US has already used the crisis strategically to reinforce its opposition to free international movement while abandoning the primary international institution tasked with fighting the public bad, the World Health Organization (WHO). While the only area where the United States has exercised leadership is in the monetary sphere, I argue this feat is more consequential for maintaining hegemony. However, even monetary hegemony could be at risk if the pandemic continues to be mismanaged
Economics · Global public good · Hegemony · Opposition (politics) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public good · Rivalry · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Economic Sanctions and International Relations · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |