Chaos and governance in the modern world system

Author: Arghyadip
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: Faced with the chaos of the world order in the late 20th century and the ongoing third shift in hegemony, this book proposes its own analytical framework and theoretical construction. While making predictions, it also puts forward some insightful "governance" proposals, aiming to dispel the "fog of globalization" as termed by Eric Hobsbawm. This book utilizes the world-system theory, analyzing and comparing the two completed shifts in hegemony in the modern world (from the Netherlands to Britain and from Britain to the United States) from four different perspectives, and discusses four controversial yet interconnected issues.