Global Formation

Christopher Chase-Dunn is professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University.

In this impressive book, Chase-Dunn . . . explains in masterly fashion the political and social factors that make the capitalist system so good at producing wealth.

• Part 1 Part I: The Whole SystemChapter 2 The Deep Structure: Real CapitalismChapter 3 Constants, Cycles and TrendsChapter 4 Stages of Capitalism or World-System Cycles? The World-System Since 1945: What Has ChangedChapter 5 World Culture, Normative Integration and CommunityPart 6 Part II: States and Interstate SystemChapter 7 States and CapitalismChapter 8 Geopolitics and Capitalism: One Logic or Two? Warfare and World-SystemsChapter 9 Rise and Decline of Hegemonic Core StatesPart 10 Part III: Zones of the World SystemChapter 11 Core and PeripheryChapter 12 Reproduction of the Core/Periphery Relationship