What is a Hegemon
- Created by: Katie Beaumont
- Created on: 01-05-17 13:58
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- HEGEMON
- This is an actor on the world stage, that INFLUENCES others through its IDEOLOGY
- Can be an ACTOR, GROUP, CLASS OR STATE (NGOs, RELGIION, TNCs)
- Can be MOST INFLUENTIAL nation state in the GLOBAL SYSTEM
- Holds STRONG HARD POWER
- The hegemon has the LARGEST ECONOMY & MILITARY
- Has LARGE STRUCTURAL POWER to flourish
- DOMINANCE of 1 group over another & IDEAS
- USA is currently the HEGEMON
- This is because HEGEMONY exists in a UNIPOLAR SYSTEM
- Hegemony REDUCED in a BIPOLAR SYSTEM (CW- BALANCE OF POWER between 2 COMPETING STATES: USSR/USA)
- End of CW led to thr winner ideology: CAPITALISM, making USA the HEGEMON
- Hegemony REDUCED in a BIPOLAR SYSTEM (CW- BALANCE OF POWER between 2 COMPETING STATES: USSR/USA)
- GLOBALISATION or RADICAL ISLAM could COMPETE with the USA
- This is because HEGEMONY exists in a UNIPOLAR SYSTEM
- This is an actor on the world stage, that INFLUENCES others through its IDEOLOGY
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