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dc.contributor.author | Wilkin, P | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-04-16T09:26:19Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2001-07-18 | - |
dc.date.available | 2015-04-16T09:26:19Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2000 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of World-Systems Research, 2000, 6 (1), pp.19-64. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1076-156x | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/10564 | - |
dc.description.abstract | There are good grounds for taking seriously Wallerstein's dictum that the world system has entered what he describes as an interregnum. By this he means two important things: First, that the world is moving between two forms of world system, from a capitalist world system to something new; Second, that in such an interregnum questions of structure become less significant than those of agency. The world system is one that has been produced, reproduced and will ultimately be transformed by human actors. The direction that it takes will be the result of the political struggles that ensue in the interregnum. In this paper I examine some of these claims in the context of a series of events that have taken place over the past decade and in the run up to the protests that occurred in December 1999 at the World Trade Organization (WTO) summit in Seattle. In so doing I hope to put some empirical flesh on the bones of the idea that Wallerstein has suggestively offered us. While I am critical of important aspects of Wallerstein's work and that of his cohorts at the Fernand Braudel Center I would equally argue that they have presented us with the most powerful and coherent framework for making sense of, I hesitate to use the term given Wallerstein's ontological assumptions, international relations. Thus, this paper is informed by sympathy with Wallerstein's ideas and an acknowledgement that they offer us a rich source of insight into the emergence of the modern world order. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | Wallerstein | en_US |
dc.subject | Anti-systemic movements | en_US |
dc.subject | Modern World Order | en_US |
dc.subject | Democracy | en_US |
dc.subject | Western Political Thought | en_US |
dc.title | Solidarity in a global age: Seattle and beyond | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.relation.isPartOf | journal of world-systems research | - |
dc.relation.isPartOf | journal of world-systems research | - |
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pubs.organisational-data | /Brunel/Brunel Staff by College/Department/Division/College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences | - |
pubs.organisational-data | /Brunel/Brunel Staff by College/Department/Division/College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences/Dept of Social Sciences, Media and Communications | - |
pubs.organisational-data | /Brunel/Brunel Staff by College/Department/Division/College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences/Dept of Social Sciences, Media and Communications/Sociology | - |
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