Systemic Transitions Past, Present, and Future

We are all familiar with the popular and academic analyses of the ongoing and future ascent of China. Two of the associated questions are whether and when China might succeed the United States as the lead state in the world system. These are interesting q

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10.1057/9780230618381 - Systemic Transitions, Edited by William R. Thompson

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Systemic Transitions

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The Historical Evolution of World-Systems, edited by Christopher Chase-Dunn and E.N. Anderson (2005) Puzzles of the Democratic Peace: Theory, Geopolitics and the Transformation of World Politics, by Karen Rasler and William R. Thompson (2005) The Evolution of Technological Change and How It Shaped Our World, by Joachim K. Rennstich (2008) Systemic Transitions: Past, Present, and Future, edited by William R. Thompson (2009)

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Past, Present, and Future Edited by William R. Thompson

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Systemic Transitions

SYSTEMIC TRANSITIONS

Copyright © William R. Thompson, 2009. First published in 2009 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN-13: 978–0–230–60846–7 ISBN-10: 0–230–60846–9 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Systemic transitions : past, present, and future / edited by William R. Thompson. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0–230–60846–9 1. Balance of power. 2. World politics—Philosophy. I. Thompson, William R. JZ1313.S97 2008 327.1⬘12—dc22

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