Contending Approaches to World System Analysis

by Christopher Chase-Dunn, Albert Bergesen, André Gunder Frank

The world-system perspective as promulgated by Immanuel Wallerstein is one of the most influential approaches to the study of political and economic ties between the nations of the world. But there are other schools of thought that also look at the world economy as a whole through history. This volume presents work from well-known world-systems analysts including Wallerstein, scholars from other schools such as George Modelski, and political scientists...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803920199
• ISBN13: 9780803920194
• Release Date: August 1983
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.