This book brings together some of the most influential research from the world-systems perspective. The authors survey and analyze new and emerging topics from

The recognition is growing: truly addressing the problems of the 21st century requires going beyond small tweaks and modest reforms to business as usual—it re

A John Hope Franklin Center Book.

The first volume in a new series from SAGE presenting work in the world-systems perspective, a school of social science thought that views the world economy as

The historic long term economic interconnections of the world are now universally accepted. The idea of the economic 'world system' advanced by Immanuel Wallers