Uncertain Worlds: World-systems Analysis in Changing Times

by Immanuel Wallerstein, Carlos Aguirre Rojas, Charles C. Lemert

Overview

Uncertain Worlds is the definitive presentation of the evolution of world-systems analysis from the point of view of its founder, Immanuel Wallerstein. Few theorists have offered a more systematic theory of what has become known as 'globalisation' than Wallerstein. The book includes a one-of-kind interview with Wallerstein by Carlos Rojas, a conversation between Wallerstein and Lemert about the history of the field as it has come down to the present time, a long essay by Lemert on the uncertainties of the modern world-system, as well as a preface by Rojas and a concluding essay by Wallerstein. No other book lends such biographical, historical, and personal nuance to the biography of world-systems analysis and, thus, to the history of our times. The will be a key reference book for students of global politics, economics and international relations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317249986
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/17/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Immanuel Wallerstein, Carlos Antonio Aguirre Rojas, Charles Lemert, George Ciccariello, José A. Mota Lopes

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The World-Systems Analysis Perspective, Carlos Antonio Aguirre Rojas; Chapter 2 A Discussion of the Itinerary of World-Systems Analysis and Its Uncertainties, Immanuel Wallerstein, Charles Lemert; Chapter 3 Wallerstein and the Uncertain Worlds, Charles Lemert; Chapter 4 The Itinerary of World-Systems Analysis; or, How to Resist Becoming a Theory, Immanuel Wallerstein;