US Hegemony in World Politics — Political Science STD 12 Humanities — Question
CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 HumanitiesPolitical ScienceUS Hegemony in World Politics2 Marks
Question
What is meant by ‘hegemony’?
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Answer
Politics is about power just as individual want to gain and retain power similarly in case of world politics, countries or group of countries are engaged in constantly trying to gain and retain power.
This power can be in the form in military domination, economic power, political influence/power and cultural superiority.
If we want to understand world politics and hegemony, within it, it is necessary that we understand the distribution of power among the country’s of the world.
For instance, during cold war years world was divided into two camps. With the collapse of one side, world was left with only on single power i.e., USA.
Therefore, it may be more appropriate to describe an International system with. Only one centre of power by the term Hegemony which means dominance.
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