One of the reoccurring phenomena of hegemonic transitions is the inability of the existing leader to establish a similar leadership position in a newly emerging and structurally different commercial and organizational arrangement. This shift in the …
This paper argues that the current shifts (or crisis) in world system developmental trajectories can best be understood if they are placed in a long-term, evolutionary world-system developmental perspective. Rather than being a 'regular' iteration in …
Entwickelt das Modell eines Weltsystems als komplexes, adaptives soziales System von in sich geschachtelten Subprozessen. Dieses Modell wird dann empirisch entlang den wesentlichen beiden Dimensionen — der ökonomischen und politischen Entwicklung von Prozessen — empirisch untersucht.
The rise of awareness in globalization processes has led to a renewed focus on leading sectors and thus the interaction between states and multinational firms that helps foster them. Previously viewed as “national agents” of state power, …
The observance of a relatively stable pattern of global system development has often been criticized for the lack of theoretical underpinnings of its pulsating behavior. This paper contributes to the growing literature that combines complex system …
Low-cost internet-based technologies are now widely available around the world even in areas previously de-facto cut off from the core of Western educational centers. These technologies enable us to build bridges across the North-South divide in our …
Low-cost internet-based technologies are now widely available around the world even in areas previously de-facto cut off from the core of Western educational centers. These technologies enable us to build bridges across the North-South divide in our …
The latest resurgence of interest in the concept of hegemony and empire–both in the popular and academic realm–has been mostly the result of a change in perception of power, specifically its sources, application, and distribution. Here we argue that …