Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
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 a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, from political science to archaeology. Each analytical essay is written in accessible language so that the volume serves as a lucid introduction both to the tradition of world-systems thought and the new debates that are sparking further research today.
Table of Contents
World-systems analysis : a small sample from a large universe /Thomas D. Hall --Recent research on world-systems /Peter Grimes --Archaeology and world-systems theory /Peter N. Peregrine --Geography, place, and world-systems analysis /Fred M. Shelley and Colin Flint --K-waves, leadership cycles, and global war : a nonhyphenated approach to world systems analysis /William R. Thompson --Gender and the world-system : engaging the feminist literature on development /Joya Misra --Canada's linguistic and ethnic dynamics in an evolving world-system /Leslie S. Laczko --Urbanization in the world-system : a retrospective and prospective /David A. Smith --World-systems theory in the context of systems theory : an overview /Debra Straussfogel --Postmodernism explained /Albert J. Bergesen --Women at risk : capitalist incorporation and community transformation on the Cherokee frontier /Wilma A. Dunaway --Resistance through healing among American Indian women /Carol Ward, Elon Stander, and Yodit Solomon --Frontiers, ethnogenesis, and world-systems : rethinking the theories /Thomas D. Hall --Modern East Asia in world-systems analysis /Alvin Y. So and Stephen W.K. Chiu --From state socialism to global democracy : the transnational politics of the modern world-system /Terry Boswell and Christopher Chase-Dunn --World-system and ecosystem /Albert J. Bergesen and Tim Bartley.