The Politics of the World-Economy: The States, the Movements, and the Civilizations

by Immanuel Wallerstein

Book Overview

In these essays, written (with one exception) between 1978 and 1982, Immanuel Wallerstein elaborates on the political and theoretical implications of the world-systems perspective outlined in his celebrated books The Modern World-System and The Capitalist World-Economy. Whereas those books centred on the historical development of the modern world-system, the essays in this volume explore the nature of world politics in the light of Wallerstein's analysis...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521277604
• ISBN13: 9780521277600
• Release Date: May 1984
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"