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The Essential Wallerstein

Key essays from the prolific, provocative, 'big-picture theorist' (Booklist) and originator of world-systems analysis. Immanuel Wallerstein is one of the most innovative social scientists of his generation. Past president of the International Sociological Association, he has had a major influence on the development of social thought throughout the world, and his books are translated into every major language. The Ess…

Utopistics: Or Historical Choices of the Twenty-First Century

The founder of world-systems analysis explores what we can expect ion the twenty-first century. The twentieth century has witnessed both the triumphs and failures of the dreams that have informed the modern world. In Utopistics, Immanuel Wallerstein argues that the global order that nourished those dreams is on the brink of disintegration. Pointing to the globalization of commerce, the changing nature of work and the…

The Age of Transition: Trajectory of the World-System 1945-2025

Immanuel Wallerstein's World-System theory made a big impact on International Political Economy when it was first formulated in the early 1980s. Although subsequently criticised, the recent demise of the Soviet system's historic attempt to delink from global capitalism has provided a perhaps unanticipated confirmation of the profundity of its insights. Now with this new book, Wallerstein and a team of colleagues from…

World Inequality

Experts from various fields and many countries offer their views through this selection of articles constituting an international debate on inequality and development.