Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Global Formation: Structures of the World-Economy

The fall of communism, the emergence of _the information age,_ and the expansion of economic globalism are the points of departure for this new edition of ChaseDunn's landmark book. The author shows how these seemingly new developments fit with earlier patterns of global formation and change, extending the influential model that drew wide attention to this awardwinning book. The new edition also evaluates recent major studies of the modern worldsystem and assesses the implications for the future of the contemporary system.