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Michael Webb and Stephen Krasner used economic growth rates as one measure of this concept in a paper called an “empirical assessment” that analyzes whether it decreased in the 1960s. Robert Gilpin theorized a kind of war named for this concept as an explanation of Thucydides’ (-5[1])description of the start of the Peloponnesian War. Charles Kindleberger argued that only states denoted by this concept can provide the collective good of an open and persistent international economic order. A (*) Robert Keohane (“KOE-hahn”) book titled After [this concept] coined the name of a “stability theory” (-5[1])named for it that is exemplified by the Pax Britannica. (10[1])Antonio Gramsci developed a “cultural” theory of this concept. For 10 points, give this name for a state of predominance for a country in international relations. ■END■

ANSWER: hegemony [or hegemon; or hegemonic stability theory]
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, Social Science>
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Ryan CarmichaelFSU AFSU B91-5
Sean FarrellNorth FloridaFlorida A10110

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2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y333%0%67%110.00
2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y786%0%14%107.50
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y2100%0%50%115.50
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y367%0%33%117.00
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y5100%20%40%107.60
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y4100%0%25%105.75
2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC10/28/2023Y3100%0%33%121.67
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y250%0%100%101.00