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This critical analysis of long-term trends and recent developments in world systems examines such questions as: Will the cycles of boom and bust, peace and war of the past 500 years continue? Or have either long-term trends or recent changes so profoundly altered the structure of world systems that these cycles will end or take on a less destructive form? The noted international contributors to this volume examine the question of future dominance of the core global systems and include comprehensive discussions of the economic, political and military role of the Pacific Rim, Japan and the former Soviet Union.
Introduction: The Future of Hegemonic Rivalry in Perspective
Introduction: The Future of Hegemonic Rivalry in Perspective
The global political economy has experienced a sequence of economic booms and busts, as well as periods of relative peace and world war, for the last 500 years. Capitalist industrialization has expanded productivity and integrated ever larger numbers of people into a single global economy in waves of industrialization and market expansion. These waves have been punctuated by world wars. The current level of economic integration, and other factors, cause many students of the global system to argue that the periodic outbreak of world wars is over. This book focuses on both long-run trends and recent developments in the modern world-system and their implications for the future of ...
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