This is the third volume of Immanuel Wallerstein's essays to appear in Studies in Modern Capitalism, following the immensely successful collections The Politics of the World Economy and The Capitalist World Economy. Written between 1982 and 1989, the essays in this volume offer Wallerstein's perspective on the events of the period, and the background to his interpretation of the momentous events of 1989. Wallerstein argues that the collapse of the Iron Curtain and the process of perestroika bear out his basic analysis: that the decline of U.S. hegemony in the world-system is the central explanatory variable of change; and that the collapse of the communist empire and the approach of European unity cannot be understood without reference to this decline as a critical stage in the cyclical rhythm of the capitalist world economy. As part of the analysis the book also charts the development of a challenge to the dominant "geoculture": the cultural framework within which the world-system operates. This collection offers the latest ideas of one of the most original and controversial thinkers of recent years, and is bound to stimulate debate among students and scholars across the social sciences.
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antisystemic movements, antisystemic forces, working strata, historical system, interstate system, historical social sciences, cyclical rhythms, endless accumulation, historical choice Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Third World, New York, Cold War, French Revolution, Second World War, Latin America, Third International, Second International, Soviet Union, United Nations, South Africa, Great Britain, Middle East, Dynamics of Global Crisis, General Assembly, Pacific Rim, Three Continents New!
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- The Ethnic Southerners by George Brown Tindall on page 202, and page 206
- Critical Remarks on the National Question by V. I. Lenin on page 142, and page 155
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- Germany and the Transnational Building Blocks for Post-National Community by Donald G. Phillips on 4 pages
- Hispanics/Latinos in the United States : Ethnicity, Race, and Rights by Jorge J.E. Gracia on page 120, page 122, and Back Matter
- Culture in the Age of Three Worlds by Michael Denning in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Ideas and Economic Policy in Latin America: Regional, National, and Organizational Case Studies by Anil Hira on page 15, and Back Matter
- Prospects for International Relations: Conjectures about the Next Millennium by Davis Bobrow on page 74, and page 221
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