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Cover Emerging Issues in the 21st Century World- system. Vol. 1, Crises and Resistance in the title: 21st Century World-system Studies in the Political Economy of the World-system author: Dunaway, Wilma A. publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group isbn10 | asin: 0313324697 print isbn13: 9780313324697 ebook isbn13: 9780313013454 language: English Economic forecasting--Congresses, Economic history--21st century-- subject Congresses, World politics--21st century-- Congresses. publication date: 2003 lcc: HB3730E44 2003eb ddc: 330.9/001/12 Economic forecasting--Congresses, Economic history--21st century-- subject: Congresses, World politics--21st century-- Congresses. Page i Emerging Issues in the 21st Century World-System Page ii Recent Titles in Contributions in Economics and Economic History Microenterprise Development for Better Health Outcomes Rosalia Rodriguez-Garcia, James A. Macinko, and William F. 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Dunaway ; foreword by Immanuel Wallerstein. p. cm.—(Contributions in economics and economic history, ISSN 0084– 9235 ; no. 230) (Studies in the political economy of the world-system) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0–313–32531–6 (set)—ISBN 0–313–32469–7 (vol. I)—ISBN 0– 313–32470–0 (vol. II) 1. Economic forecasting—Congresses. 2. Economic history—21st century—Congresses. 3. World politics—21st century—Congresses. 4. International relations— Forecasting— Congresses. 5. Globalization—Congresses. 6. Twenty-first century— Forecasts— Congresses. I. Dunaway, Wilma A. II. Title. III. Series. IV. Series: Studies in the political economy of the world-system HB3730.P598 2003 330.9'001'12—dc21 2002072540 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available. Copyright © 2003 by Wilma A. Dunaway All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2002072540 ISBN: 0-313-32531-6 (Set Code) 0-313-32469-7 (Vol. I) 0-313-32470-0 (Vol. II) ISSN: 0084–9235 First published in 2003 Praeger Publishers, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. www.praeger.com Printed in the United States of America The paper used in this book complies with the Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National Information Standards Organization (Z39.48–1984). 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Copyright Acknowledgments The editor and publisher are grateful for permission to reproduce material from the following: Wilma A. Dunaway, “Crisis, Transition, and Resistance Movements: A Conversation with Immanuel Wallerstein,” Appalachian Journal 26 (3) (Spring 1999): 284–305. Copyright 1999 by Appalachian Journal and Appalachian State University. Used with permission. Interview with Alys Willman (Witness for Peace) by Dale Wimberley, August 16–17, 2000. Used with permission. Page v Contents Figures and Tables vii Series Foreword by Immanuel Wallerstein ix Foreword by Immanuel Wallerstein xi Acknowledgments xiii I. Problems, Crises, and Change in the World-System 1 1. Has Terrorism Changed the World-System Forever? Wilma A. Dunaway 3 2. Trade Dependence, Pollution, and Infant Mortality in Less-Developed Countries Thomas J. Burns, Jeffrey D. Kentor, and Andrew Jorgenson 14 3. Is the 21st Century World-Economy a Passport to Development or to Sexual Exploitation? Chyong-fang Ko and Han-pi Chang 29 4. Knowledge Production as a Factor in World Polarization Maria Lucia Maciel 40 5. The Debt Crisis and Debt-for-Nature Investment at the Periphery: The Costa Rican Case Ana Isla 51 6. The Weakness of the Semiperipheral Nation–State: The Venezuelan Case Trudie Coker 69 Page vi Integration of Central and Eastern Europe into the 21st Century World- 7. Economy Emanuela Todeva and Haico Ebbers 81 Rethinking Racially Depreciated Labor: Puerto Ricans under Global 8. Neoliberalism Kelvin Santiago-Valles 103 The “Third” Arena: Trends and Logistics in the Geoculture of the 9. Modern World-System Richard E. Lee 120 The Informal Economy as a Transnational Category 10. Hatice Deniz Yükseker 128 Hyperurbanization of China’s Pearl River Delta 11. Robert G. Dyck and Wei Huang 141 “Going Global”: Wannabe World Cities in the Middle East 12. Bruce E. Stanley 151 II. Antisystemic Resistance in the 21st Century World-System 171 Indigenous Resistance to Globalization: What Does the Future Hold? 13. Thomas D. Hall and James Fenelon 173 Resistant Indigenous Identities in the 21st Century World-System: 14. Selected African Cases Kinuthia Macharia 189 The Dynamics of Everyday Incorporation and Antisystemic Resistance: 15. Lakota Culture in the 21st Century Kathleen Pickering 201 Cyberactivism and Alternative Globalization Movements

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