THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY - 9781852789855

THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMYAuthor(s): Christopher Chase-Dunn\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781852789855, 978-1852789855\nSynopsis\nThe Historical Evolution of the International Political Economy focusses on the role of intersocietal and interstate relations in the evolution of human societies from hunter-gatherer bands to the contemporary global system. The essays and research articles included are by ethnographers, archaeologists, political scientists, economists, historians, geographers and sociologists. The emphasis is on long run, large scale structural change and the historical evolution of human institutions.