Routledge An Introduction To The World-System Perspective Second Edition 09780367319656
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In this second edition Thomas Shannon extends his overall assessment of the world-system perspective to include the new theoretical and empirical developments in the field since 1989. Incorporating most leading arguments of world-system theorists he addresses the fall of the Eastern Bloc as well as such current topics as relations with indigenous peoples cultural analysis methodology women and race. He discusses world-system analysis as a flexible and changing paradigm and considers future directions in the field. This advanced undergraduate and graduate-level text is the only book that provides an introduction to the world-system approach to the study of modern social change. Tracing the general antecedents of world-system theory and describing its major tenets Shannon focuses on the basic characteristics and components of the world-system and the economic and political relationships within it. He characterizes changes within the system including social and economic trends cycles of great power leadership and events and policies by which states rise or fall in importance. | An Introduction To The World-system Perspective Second Edition
Routledge An Introduction To The World-System Perspective Second Edition 09780367319656
In this second edition Thomas Shannon extends his overall assessment of the world-system perspective to include the new theoretical and empirical developments in the field since 1989. Incorporating most leading arguments of world-system theorists he addresses the fall of the Eastern Bloc as well as such current topics as relations with indigenous peoples cultural analysis methodology women and race. He discusses world-system analysis as a flexible and changing paradigm and considers future directions in the field. This advanced undergraduate and graduate-level text is the only book that provides an introduction to the world-system approach to the study of modern social change. Tracing the general antecedents of world-system theory and describing its major tenets Shannon focuses on the basic characteristics and components of the world-system and the economic and political relationships within it. He characterizes changes within the system including social and economic trends cycles of great power leadership and events and policies by which states rise or fall in importance. | An Introduction To The World-system Perspective Second Edition
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