Overcoming Global Inequalities (Political Economy of the World-System Annuals)

This book examines the changing nature of global inequalities and efforts that are being made to move toward a more egalitarian world society. The contributors are world historical sociologists and geographers who place the contemporary issues of unequal power, wealth and income in a global historical perspective. The geographers examine the roles of geopolitics and patterns of warfare in the historical development of the modern world-system, and the sociologists examine endeavours to improve the situations of poor peoples and nations and to engage the challenges of sustainability that are linked with global inequalities. Overcoming Global Inequalities contains cutting-edge research from engaged social scientists intended to help humanity deal with the challenges of global inequality in the 21st century. This Book Examines The Changing Nature Of Global Inequalities And Efforts That Are Being Made To Move Toward A More Egalitarian World Society. The Contributors Are World Historical Sociologists And Geographers Who Place The Contemporary Issues Of Unequal Power, Wealth, And Income In A Global Historical Perspective. The Geographers Examine The Roles Of Geopolitics And Patterns Of Warfare In The Historical Development Of The Modern World-system, And The Sociologists Examine Endeavors To Improve The Situations Of Poor Peoples And Nations And To Engage The Challenges Of Sustainability That Are Linked With Global Inequalities. This Is Cutting-edge Research From Engaged Social Scientists Intended To Help Humanity Deal With The Challenges Of Global Inequality In The 21st Century.-- Commodification Of Citizenship: Global Inequalities And The Modern Transmission Of Property / Manuela Boatcǎ -- The Political Economy Of Language-education Policies / Gary Coyne -- Political Prominence And The World-system: Can Political Globalization Counter Core Hegemony? / Lindsay Marie Jacobs And Ronan Van Rossem -- Foreign Investment, Political Corruption, And Internal Violence: A Structural Analysis, 1970-1995 / Jeffrey Kentor And Matthew R. Sanderson -- Transnationally Implicated Labor Processes As Transnational Social Relations: Workplaces And Global Class Formation / Jason Struna -- Territorial Alliances And Emerging-market Development Banking: A View From Subimperial South Africa / Patrick Bond -- One Logic, Many Wars: The Variety And Geography Of Wars In The Capitalist World-economy, 1816-2007 / Raymond J. Dezzani And Colin Flint -- Indigenous Alternatives In The Global Crises Of The Modern World-system / James V. Fenelon -- Global Integration And Carbon Emissions, 1965-2005 / Jennifer E. Givens And Andrew K. Jorgenson -- Class, Crisis, And The 2011 Protest Wave: Cyclical And Secular Trends In Global Labor Unrest / Şahan Savaş Karataşli, Sefika Kumral, Ben Scully, And Smitri Upadhyay -- Sustainable Development And Poverty Reduction In The Modern World-system: Southeast Asia And The Negative Case Of Cambodia / Harold R. Kerbo And Patrick Ziltener. Edited By Immanuel Wallerstein, Christopher Chase-dunn, And Christian Suter. Papers Originally Presented At A Conference On Structures Of The World Political Economy And Future Global Conflict And Cooperation, Held In April Of 2013 At The University Of California-riverside. Includes Bibliographical References. Pt. 1. Historical development of inequalities -- pt. 2. Geopolitics and warfare as arenas of struggle -- pt. 3. Social movements in struggle