2nd Edition
An Introduction To The World-system Perspective Second Edition
By Thomas R Shannon
Copyright 1996
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this second edition, Thomas Shannon extends his overall assessment of the world-system perspective to include the new theoretical and empirical developments in the field since 1989. Incorporating most leading arguments of world-system theorists, he addresses the fall of the Eastern Bloc as well as such current topics as relations with indigenous peoples, cultural analysis, methodology, women,... Read more
* The Origins of World-System Theory * World-System Structure * World-System Structure: The Early Centuries * The Contemporary World-System * World-System Dynamics * Criticisms of the Theory * New Directions in World-System Analysis * An Assessment of World-System Theory
Biography
Thomas R. Shannon is professor of sociology at Radford University and the author of Urban Problems in Sociological Perspective and American Social Structure.
