Our World in Context

world politics for beginners

Hegemony

June 3, 2008 at 1:50 am · Filed under Terminology and tagged:

Definition: He·gem·o·ny [noun] refers to leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others.

In world politics, hegemony usually refers to power and control exercised by a leading state over other states.

No comments yet »

Your comment

HTML-Tags:
<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <pre> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>