Routledge Handbook of World-Systems Analysis

The Routledge Handbook of World-Systems Analysis is the first comprehensive review of the state of the field of world-systems analysis. World-systems analysts study the structure of the relationships among people, organizations, and states and how those relationships change over time. A particular focus is the past, present, and future of transnational capitalism. Scholars working in the world-systems tradition trace the roots of our globalized world (and its cycles and crises) back five centuries and more, using this long time frame to help understand the problems of today. The Handbook includes contributions from a global, interdisciplinary group of top world-systems scholars who interpret the conclusions of world-systems analysis for a lay audience. The broad scope of the contributions and contributors, combined with an historical summary of the field and a glossary of terms by the editors, make this Handbook an indispensable resource for all serious students of the social sciences.