The Age of Transition by Terence Hopkins

The Age of Transition by Terence Hopkins

An account of the changes in the world in the second half of the 20th century and an attempt to identify the trajectory of global trends.

'Is there a crisis of world capitalism, or has a truly global economy finally begun to pay off on the original promise of the greatest good for the greatest number? Has the leader of that global realm, the United States, reached the end of its hegemonic predominance, or is it in the robust middle age of its tenure, now bereft of serious antagonists? The Age of Transition shows how a clear theory of history can illluminate the recent past, pose fundamental questions about the present, and offer well-grounded predictions about the ultimate trajectory of capitalism in our timeTheir outlook is at once compelling and gloomy, a prophecy of a coming age of turmoil and disorder. Like Fukuyama's The End of History, this book will provoke a lively debate; unlike Fukuyama, Hopkins and Wallerstein know that we may forget about history, but history will not forget about us.' - Bruce Cumings, John Evans Professor of International History and Politics, Northwestern University

Immanuel Wallerstein is director of the Fernand Braudel Center for the Study of Economics, Historical Systems, and Civilizations, and a professor of sociology at Binghamton University.

Terence K. Hopkins is the founder and director of the Graduate Programme in Sociology (World-Historical Change) at Binghamton University, and a member of the Executive Board for the Fernand Braudel Center.

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ISBN 13	9781856494403
ISBN 10	1856494403
Title	The Age of Transition
Author	Terence Hopkins
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	1996-09-01
Number of pages	288
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