This volume debates the complex nature of the relationships between globalization, social and economic transformations and growing inequalities. Employing a global, world-historical and comparative pe
Triggered by the profound financial and economic crises, increasing ecological degradation, rising social struggles, and political and military conflicts, the structures of the world political economy
Suter (sociology, U. of Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Herkenrath (sociology, U. of Zurich, Switzerland) present 16 papers from the September 2010 international conference organized by the World Society