An Eco-Political Assessment of Global Hegemony Position of People’s Republic of China from NeoGramscian Perpective

The thoughts of the Gramsci, presented a national hegemony understanding with his masterpiece The Prison Notebooks, analyzed how capitalist system survives despite its deadly serious inner contradictions, was adapted to international system by Neo-Gramscian scholars and this new interpretation used to determine fundamentals of the global hegemony, as well. The contemporary world hegemony, accepted to begun in the 16th century with the United Provinces (Holland), and it is alleged that passed to the United Kingdom in the 19th century and then to the United States following to the Second World War. However, the economic recession, triggered by the crisis caused by the end of the bipolar world order following the end of the Cold War, peaked with the 2008 global financial crisis. For this reason, American hegemony began to be questioned with a higher voice. In that case, the high growth rate provided by market-based reforms after Mao’s death in 1976 has played an important role in bringing China into the forefront of the US as a major economic power since the early 2000s. Above mentioned situation, coupled with America’s decline, has led to the emergence of rumors that China is the new hegemonic power of the world. However, when analyzed from the Neo-Gramscian perspective, a state, who could become a hegemon in the global level, should have a leading economic system, a socio-cultural and political superstructure suitable for this substructure, and a network of international organizations, that are fostering these values all over the world