Journal of World-Systems Research  

David Wilkinson

T. Chandlers city data are used to inquire whether, and when, East Asia was a world system in itself, or part of a larger Old World world-system; and whether, and when, the east end of the Old World oikumene was more advanced than the west end. On the ava... see more

Shelton A. Gunaratne

A macro theory that recognizes the worlds three competing center-clusters and their respective hinterlands o?ers a realistic framework for global communication research. This study has used recent data on world trade, computers, Internet hosts, and high-t... see more

Nikolay N. Kradin

This article discusses the problem of categorizing the polities and social formations of steppe pastoral nomads in Central Asia in comparative and civilizational perspective and placing complex pastoral society within a general scheme of cultural evolutio... see more

Jon D. Carlson

This article examines the concept of the external arena, the relationship it holds to the expansion of the modern world-system, and the process of systemic incorporation. In order to address the notion of systemic expansion, I examine how boundaries of th... see more

Kristin Marsh

What are the real prospects for lasting peace and greater prosperity in post-war Guatemala? This is the central question underlying Susanne Jonass Of Centaurs and Doves and Christopher Chase-Dunn, Susanne Jonas, and Nelson Amaros Globalization on the Grou... see more

Albert Bergesen

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David M. Mednicoff

Richard E. Lee

James V. Fenelon