The age of transition: trajectory of the world-system, 1945-2025

Abstract

* Preface * 1. The World System: Is there a Crisis? - Terence K Hopkins and Immanuel Wallerstein * PART I: THE PRINCIPAL INSTITUTIONAL VECTORS, 1945-1990 * 2. The Nation-State System - Thomas Reifer and Jamie Sadler * 3. The World-Economy and its Production System - Satoshi Ikeda * 4. The World Labour Force - Faruk Tabak * 5. Human Welfare: Health, Education and Nourishment - Sheila Pelizzon and John Casparis * 6. The Social Cohesion of Societies - Georgi M. Derluguian * 7. Structures of Knowledge: Changing Intellectual Paradigms - Richard Lee * PART II: OVERVIEW OF THE MAIN TRAJECTORIES * 8. The Global Picture: 1945-1990 - Immanuel Wallerstein * 9. The Global Possibilities: 1990-2025 - Immanuel Wallerstein * Bibliography * Index