Hegemonyanın ortaya çıkış, kuruluş ve çöküşü üzerine teorik ve tarihi bir analiz

Hegemony has been one of the key aspects of the International Relations literature. The nature of global politics has changed in the recent centuries with the emergence of hegemony, and scholars of the International Relations theories have come up with answers to explain the new conditions. Despite their usefulness, the theoretical frameworks often limit our understanding of hegemony. Taking these frameworks into account, hegemony is redefined and is differentiated from dominance. While definition of hegemony in this study is closer to a Neo-Gramscian account with an emphasis on leadership, dominance refers to a rather realist account of hegemony. Furthermore, differences between the British and the American hegemony reflect two types of hegemony: partial and global. While former indicates a leadership over the great powers but dominance in the rest of the world, latter suggests a leadership over all states. The differences are further scrutinized in the chapters dedicated to the British hegemony and to the American hegemony. Using state-level and systemic explanations, this study also examines the emergence and future disappearance of one single hegemon influencing global politics.