Hegemony - The idea of hegemony, and in this context the role of America in the modern world.

Essay from the year 2006 in the subject Politics - Region: USA, grade: 2,0, Dublin Institute of Technology, course: Int. Political Economy, language: English, abstract: When talking about hegemony, mentioning the name Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) is inevitable. Gramsci was an Italian theorist who had a significant influence on the definition of the term as we know it today. Although one might think...