Chaos and Governance of the Modern World System

Author: (USA) Immanuel Wallerstein et al., translated by Wang Yujie
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: This book employs the World-Systems Theory to analyze and compare the two completed hegemonic transfers 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. In the face of the chaos of the world order in the late 20th century and the ongoing third hegemonic transfer, the book proposes its own analytical framework and theoretical construction. While making predictions, it also puts forward some insightful "governance" proposals, with the aim of dispelling what Hobbes refers to as the "mist of globalization."