Global Formation: Structures of the World-Economy Updated Edition

“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.” ―Susan Strange, Times Higher Education

“[T]he major statement to date of American world-systems theory and research.” ―Walter L. Goldfrank, University of California, Santa Cruz

“The second edition of Global Formation brings us doubly up to date on Chase-Dunn’s contributions to the joint effort.” ―International Sociology Review

“An updated edition extends a world-systems structural modelof the world economy to take into account events that have occurred since 1985, including the emergence of the information age, the expansion of economic globalism, & the fall of communism…..” ―Sociological Abstracts

“An updated edition extends a world-systems structural modelof the world economy to take into account events that have occurred since 1985, including the emergence of the information age, the expansion of economic globalism, & the fall of communism.” ―Sociological Abstracts

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