World-Systems Analysis

To start : understanding the world in which we live -- Historical origins of world-systems analysis : from social science disciplines to historical social sciences -- The modern world-system as a capitalist world-economy : production, surplus-value, and polarization -- The rise of the states-system : sovereign nation-states, colonies, and the interstate system -- The creation of a geoculture : ideologies, social movements, social science -- The modern world-system in crisis : bifurcation, chaos, and choices