Chaos and Governance of the Modern World System -- Academic Frontiers

Author: Arrighi
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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 of 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 what Hobbes refers to as the "mist of globalization." This book employs the world-system theory to analyze and compare the two completed shifts of 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.