New Directions in Uneven and Combined Development by Justin R... - 9781032152714

New Directions in Uneven and Combined DevelopmentAuthor(s): Justin Rosenberg, Jack Brake, Tatiana Pignon, Lucas de Oliveira Paes\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032152714, 978-1032152714\nSynopsis\nThis book introduces Uneven and Combined Development as an approach in international studies and showcases some of the latest and most innovative research in this field.\n\nThe theory of Uneven and Combined Development originated in the writings of Leon Trotsky. However, in recent years it has become the subject of flourishing literature in the discipline of International Relations, due to its unique ability to reintegrate social and international theory. The first and second generations of this literature were focused upon retrieving the idea, expanding it into a social theory of the international, and applying it to numerous empirical cases such as the rise of political Islam, the causes of the First World War and.