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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790371203321

Titolo

Routledge handbook of world-systems analysis / / edited by Salvatore J. Babones and Christopher Chase-Dunn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 2012

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-280-68231-0

9786613659255

0-203-86342-9

1-135-17915-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (561 p.)

Collana

Routledge international handbooks

Altri autori (Persone)

BabonesSalvatore J

Chase-DunnChristopher K

Disciplina

300.1/1

Soggetti

Social systems

Economics

Social sciences

System theory

System analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Origins -- pt. 2. Theory and critiques -- pt. 3. The contemporary world-economy -- pt. 4. Development and underdevelopment -- pt. 5. Sustainability -- pt. 6. Society.

Sommario/riassunto

World-systems analysis has developed rapidly over the past thirty years. Today's students and junior scholars come to world-systems analysis as a well-established approach spanning all of the social sciences. The best world-systems scholarship, however, is spread across multiple methodologies and more than half a dozen academic disciplines. Aiming to crystallize forty years of progress and lay the groundwork for the continued development of the field, the Handbook of World-Systems Analysis is a comprehensive review of the state of the field of world-systems analysis since its origi