The End of Autocracy
Analysing Representations of the Austro-Hungarian Dissolution as the Foundation of US Hegemonic Discourse
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3948763 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richelle Bernazzoli (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 643-666 |
| Publication date | 2010-11-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geopolitics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1465-0045 • E-ISSN: 1557-3028 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14650040903420420 |
| OpenAlex | W2007301409 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This paper investigates the manner in which the break-up of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was represented to the US public using a qualitative content analysis of articles from three major US newspapers in October and November, 1918. Against a geopolitical backdrop of the increasing global presence of the United States and assertion of its influence in international affairs, the analysis shows that three key themes were emphasised in the popular US political narratives at the end of World War I: national self-determination, legitimacy of governance, and the role of Eastern European diasporas and representatives in the United States. Throughout the essay, these themes are connected to key discussions of US hegemony in political geography. The critical geopolitics approach highlights how the articles signposted boundary markers of identity at a crucial, transitional point in US history, helping to crystallise an American sense of ‘Self’ increasingly based upon world leadership, and sending compelling messages about the expected behaviours of nations, states, and individuals. This work concludes that the stage was set early in the twentieth century for a phase of US global intellectual and moral leadership, and that the ascendance of US hegemony globally was accompanied by an active media project at home which sought to redefine Americans' collective sense of themselves as vanguards of liberal democratic values in a world of outdated and undemocratic regimes
Democracy · Geopolitics · Hegemony · Legitimacy · Media studies · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Asian American and Pacific Histories · Gender Studies · Law · Philippine History and Culture
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,22 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2021 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |