A growing body of scholarship acknowledges the increasing influence of global forces on
social institutions and societies on multiple scales. We focus here on the role of globalization …

A vast literature suggests that economic inequality has important consequences for politics
and public policy. Higher inequality is thought to increase demand for income redistribution …

Since man first forged metal tools and started farming for his food, thus emerging from the
stone age, no event in human history has had a greater impact than the Industrial Revolution …

With the accelerated process of modernization the number of revolutions has increased. The
twentieth century witnessed many events of this kind. In this chapter the authors analyze the …

This chapter offers an analysis of conditions in the MENA countries on the eve of the Arab
Spring wave of revolutions from the World System perspective, as well as the causes …

Este libro surge de una preocupación académica y política: las acciones colectivas de
ciudadanos y ciudadanas comunes en las más diversas regiones del mundo podrían ser …

Abstract At present the World System and world order are undergoing considerable
transformations. Revolutions definitely will be an integral part of these systemic changes …

By analysing the experience of Finland, Risto Alapuro shows how upheavals in powerful
countries shape the internal politics of smaller countries. This linkage, a highly topical …

The present chapter offers a general understanding of the development of ideas and
theories of revolution. It provides a survey of views on revolutions over the last two centuries …

Leonid Grinin analyzes several theoretical aspects of important revolutionary phenomena. In
particular, he analyzes some of the ways in which international relations and the World …