This book, based on a truly collaborative international research project, evaluates the empirical evidence in this debate in order to (1) give an adequate portrayal of the historical realities of the world-system, (2) draw a nuanced assessment about this debate, and (3) provide the basis on which we can not only envisage probable future trends but also draw conclusions about the policy and/or political implications of past and future research

Immanuel Wallerstein has been a Senior Research Scholar at Yale University since 2000, having taught previously at many distinguished universities. Among his many books, he is the author of the magisterial 4-volume work, The Modern World System. Volume IV is recently published.

01 - Introduction
by Immanuel Wallerstein

02 - Ecology and the Geography of Capitalism
by Ana Esther Ceceña

03 - Economic Inequality, Stratification, and Mobility
by Roberto Patricio Korzeniewicz and Timothy Patrick Moran

04 - Cities
by Peter J. Taylor, Michael Hoyler, and Dennis Smith

05 - Peasantries
by Eric Vanhaute, Hanne Cottyn, and Yang Wang

06 - Large Enterprises and Corporate Power
by Jorge Fonseca

07 - Intellectual Property
by Ravi Sundaram

08 - The States
by Atilio A. Borom and Paloma Nottebohm

09 - Citizenship
by Oleksandr Fisun and Volodymyr Golovko

10 - Patriarchal Systems and Women's Spaces
by Linda Christiansen-Ruffman

11 - Deviance
by Ari Sitas, Sumangala Damodaran, Weibke Keim & Nicos Trimikliniotis

12 - Conclusion
by Immanuel Wallerstein