TY - BOOK AU - BEESON Mark AU - HIGGOTT Richard TI - Hegemony, institutionalism and US foreign policy: theroy and practice in comparative histroical perspective PY - 2005/// KW - UNITED STATES KW - HEGEMONY N2 - Explores the theoretical and policy implications of contemporary US hegemony. Argues that American power was both enhanced and constrained by the development in the post Second World War era of a highly institutionalised multilateral system. Suggests that America's recent unilateralism is undermining the foundations on which its power and influence are based ER -