World -system analysis: Introduction. 3rd edition. Vallestain I.

In the book proposed to readers, its author, the outstanding sociologist Immanuel Vallestain, briefly and accessiblely sets out an integrated approach to understanding the history and development of the modern world, proposed by him more than forty years ago. Immediately after its appearance, world -system analysis became a popular methodology of historical sociology, as well as a general reference point in discussions about globalization. Here, for the first time, under one cover, all its provisions in a compressed form are collected and a clear description of the modern world system, the structures of the knowledge on which it is founded, its mechanisms and the future, are given. Wallerstein explains all the fundamental characteristics of world -system analysis: the focus on world -systems, and not national states, the need to consider historical processes taking into account their development on long segments of the time, as well as the unification into a single analytical structure of the areas of knowledge that is considered excellent from each other: stories, stories, political science, economics and sociology. He describes the world -system as a social reality consisting of interconnected countries, firms, households, classes and groups of all kinds of identities. He identifies and emphasizes the importance of the key moments of the evolution of the modern world -system: the development of the capitalist world -social system in the 16th century, the origin of two centuries of liberal centrism during the French revolution of 1789 and the undermining of this centrism during the world protests of 1968. Intended for students, specialists and a wide range of readers, the book represents a complete overview of world -system analysis in the presentation of the author himself.