World-Systems Analysis - An Introduction

Informationen zum Autor Immanuel Wallerstein is a Senior Research Scholar at Yale University and Director of the Fernand Braudel Center at Binghamton University. Among his many books are The Modern World-System (three volumes); The End of the World as We Know It: Social Science for the Twenty-first Century; Utopistics: Or, Historical Choices of the Twenty-first Century; and Unthinking Social Science: The Limits of Nineteenth-Century Paradigms. He is the recipient of the American Sociological Association’s Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award and is a former president of the International Sociological Association. Klappentext An introduction to world systems analysis by its creator. Zusammenfassung An introduction to world systems analysis by its creator. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments vii To Start: Understanding the World in Which We Live ix 1. Historical Origins of World-Systems Analysis: From Social Science Disciplines to Historical Social Sciences 1 2. The Modern World-System as a Capitalist World-Economy: Production, Surplus-Value, and Polarization 23 3. The Rise of the States-System: Sovereign Nation-States, Colonies, and the Interstate System 41 4. The Creation of a Geoculture: Ideologies, Social Movements, Social Science 60 5. The Modern World-System in Crisis: Bifurcation, Chaos, and Choices 76 Glossary 91 Bibliographical Guide 101 Index 105

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Immanuel Wallerstein, Wallerstein, Immanuel Wallerstein, Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 27.08.2004
• EAN: 9780822334316
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-3431-6
• Pagine: 128
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Serie: A John Hope Franklin Center Book; John Hope Franklin Center Book; A John Hope Franklin Center Book; John Hope Franklin Center Book
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie