• ISBN13: 9780761958666
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Sociology and Anthropology
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Sage Publications Ltd
• Publication Date: January 1, 1999
• Pages: 320
• Original Price: GBP 13.99
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 350 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Modern / 19th Century, Sociology / General, and General

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.