The Paradox of a Global USAThe Paradox of a Global USA describes the vexed relationship between the United States and globalization. On the one hand, the U. S. has vociferously promoted modernization and open markets, both central components of the process of globalization. On the other hand, it appears to be resolutely determined not to live within an institutional framework of globalized authority. As the world's only superpower, the United States is often perceived as