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World-systems analysis: an introduction

2005; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 42; Issue: 08 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5860/choice.42-4956

1943-5975

Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein,

World Systems and Global Transformations

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