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Routledge Handbook of World-Systems Analysis World-systems analysis has developed rapidly over the past thirty years. Today’s students and juniorscholarscometoworld-systemsanalysisasawell-establishedapproachspanningallofthe socialsciences.Thebestworld-systemsscholarship,however,isspreadacrossmultiplemethodol- ogiesandmorethanhalfadozenacademicdisciplines.Aimingtocrystallizefortyyearsofprogress andlay the groundworkfor thecontinued development ofthefield,the Routledge Handbook of World-SystemsAnalysisisacomprehensivereviewofthestateofthefieldofworld-systemsanalysis sinceitsoriginsalmostfortyyearsago. The Handbook includes contributions from a global, interdisciplinary group of more than 80 world-systems scholars. The authors include founders of the field, mid-career scholars, and newly emerging voices. Each one presents a snapshot of an area of world-systems analysis as it existstodayandpresentsavisionforthefuture. TheclearstyleandbroadscopeoftheHandbookwillmakeitessentialreadingforstudentsand scholars of sociology, anthropology, archaeology, geography, political science, history, and developmenteconomics. Salvatore J. Babones is a senior lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy at The University of SydneyandtheauthoroftheBenchmarkingAmericablog.Heistheauthororeditorofthreebooks focusingondevelopment,socialchange,andglobalhealthinequalities. ChristopherChase-DunnistheDirectoroftheInstituteforResearchonWorld-Systemsatthe University of California at Riverside and was the founding editor of the Journal of World- SystemsResearch.Heistheauthororeditoroffifteenbooksontopicsrangingfrompre-modern world-systemstothefutureofcapitalism. Routledge Handbook of World-Systems Analysis Edited by Salvatore J. Babones and Christopher Chase-Dunn Firstpublished2012 byRoutledge 2ParkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,Oxon,OX144RN SimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanada byRoutledge 711ThirdAvenue,NewYork,NY10017 RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroup,aninformabusiness ©2012SalvatoreJ.BabonesandChristopherChase-Dunn; individualchapters,thecontributors. Therightoftheeditortobeidentifiedastheauthoroftheeditorialmaterial, andoftheauthorsfortheirindividualchapters,hasbeenassertedinaccordance withsections77and78oftheCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilised inanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,nowknownorhereafter invented,includingphotocopyingandrecording,orinanyinformationstorageor retrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublishers. Trademarknotice:Productorcorporatenamesmaybetrademarksorregistered trademarks,andareusedonlyforidentificationandexplanationwithout intenttoinfringe. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Routledgehandbookofworld-systemsanalysis/editedby SalvatoreJ.BabonesandChristopherChase-Dunn. p.cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. 1.Socialsystems.2.Economics.3.Socialsciences.4.Systemtheory. 5.Systemanalysis.I.Babones,SalvatoreJ.II.Chase-Dunn,ChristopherK. HM701.R682012 300.1'1--dc23 2011032740 ISBN:978-0-415-56364-2(hbk) ISBN:978-0-203-86342-8(ebk) TypesetinBembo byIntegraSoftwareServicesPvt.Ltd,Pondicherry,India Contents Listofillustrations xiii Listofcontributors xiv Introduction 1 SalvatoreJ.BabonesandChristopherChase-Dunn PARTI Origins 7 1. Beforethelongsixteenthcentury 9 1.1 Marketcooperationandtheevolutionofthepre-Hispanic Mesoamericanworld-system 11 RichardE.BlantonandLaneF.Fargher 1.2 AssessingthedebatebetweenAbu-LughodandWallerstein overthethirteenth-centuryoriginsofthemodernworld-system 21 ElsonE.Boles 1.3 TheAfroeurasianworld-system:Genesis,transformations,characteristics 30 LeonidGrininandAndreyKorotayev 1.4 Agriculturaloriginsandearlydevelopment 39 E.N.Anderson 1.5 QubilaiandtheIndianOcean:Anewera? 42 PaulD.Buell 2. Historicalprocessesofincorporationanddevelopment 45 2.1 Incorporationintoandmergerofworld-systems 47 ThomasD.Hall v Contents 2.2 Thegreattransitiondebateandworld-systemsanalysis 56 EricMielants 2.3 Thesocialfoundationsofglobalconflictandcooperation:Globalization andglobaleliteintegration,nineteenthtotwenty-firstcentury 63 ThomasEhrlichReifer 2.4 TheEastAsianpathofdevelopment 71 AlvinY.So 2.5 Darfur:Theperipheryoftheperiphery 80 YounesAbouyoub PARTII Theoryandcritiques 83 3. Theoreticalfrontiersinworld-systemsanalysis 85 3.1 Externality,contactperipheryandincorporation 87 JonD.Carlson 3.2 Wallerstein’sworld-system:Rootsandcontributions 97 W.L.Goldfrank 3.3 Thestructuresofknowledge:Conceptualizingthesociocultural arenaofhistoricalcapitalism 104 RichardE.Lee 3.4 Themultiplicityofnationaldevelopmentintheworld-system: Acriticalperspective 112 NobuyukiYamada 3.5 Crisisintheworld-system:Theoreticalandpolicyimplications 121 JohnBarnshawandLynnLetukas 3.6 Core,semiperiphery,periphery:Avariablegeometry presidingoverconceptualization 123 NicoleBousquet 3.7 Terminalcrisisoranewsystemiccycleofaccumulation? 125 ChristopherChase-Dunn 4. Explicitmodelingasaresearchstrategy 127 4.1 Measuringtransitionandhierarchyofstateswithintheworld-systemsparadigm 129 RaymondJ.Dezzani vi Contents 4.2 World-systemsasdissipativestructures:Anewresearchagenda 139 PeterE.Grimes 4.3 Narratingstoriesabouttheworld-systemoftheFirst GlobalAge,1400–1800 147 J.B.Owens 4.4 World-systemstheoryandformalandsimulationmodeling 155 HirokoInoue 4.5 Mathematicalmodelsofworld-systemdevelopment 158 AndreyKorotayevandSergeyMalkov 5. Criticalcontributionstoworld-systemsanalysis 161 5.1 World-systemhistory:ChallengingEurocentricknowledge 163 RobertA.DenemarkandBarryK.Gills 5.2 Thefailureofthe“ModernWorld-System”andthenewparadigm ofthe“CriticalTheoryofPatriarchy”:The“civilizationofalchemists” asa“systemofwar” 172 ClaudiavonWerlhof 5.3 Authenticatingseventeenthcentury“hegemonies”:Dutch, Spanish,French,ornone? 181 DavidWilkinson 5.4 Challengesofglobalizationtheorytoworld-systemsanalysis 189 LeslieSklair PARTIII Thecontemporaryworld-economy 193 6. Marketsandexchange 195 6.1 Surplusdrainanddarkvalueinthemodernworld-system 197 DonaldA.Clelland 6.2 Thesilenceoffinanceanditscritics:Portfolioinvestorsinthe world-system 206 AaronZ.Pitluck 6.3 Debtcrisesinthemodernworld-system 215 ChristianSuter vii Contents 6.4 Economic-politicalinteractioninthecore/peripheryhierarchy 224 MikhailBalaev 6.5 Theothersideoftheglobalformation:Structuresoftheworld lumpeneconomy 226 ZbigniewGalor 7. Networksandchains 229 7.1 Globalcities,globalcommoditychainsandthegeography ofcore-nessinthecapitalistworld-system 231 ChristofParnreiter 7.2 Trade,unequalexchange,globalcommoditychains:World-system structureandeconomicdevelopment 239 DavidA.Smith 7.3 Globalcitiesandworldcitynetworks 247 MichaelTimberlakeandDavidA.Smith 7.4 Howindividualsshapeglobalproduction 256 FrederickWilliamLee 7.5 WorldcitiesinAsia 258 Kyoung-HoShin 7.6 TheInternetandtheworld-system(s) 260 PiotrKonieczny 8. Globalizationanddistribution 263 8.1 Globalization:Theoriesofconvergenceanddivergence intheworld-system 265 KellyF.Austin,LauraA.McKinney,andEdwardL.Kick 8.2 Socialstratificationandmobility:Nationalandglobaldimensions 274 TimothyPatrickMoran 8.3 Incomeinequalityintheworld:Lookingbackandahead 283 VolkerBornschier 8.4 Billionairesandglobalinequality:Doesanincreaseinoneindicate anincreaseintheother? 286 JennyChesters viii Contents 8.5 ThepervasivenessofICTinourpresentmodernworld-system 288 MelsomeNelson-Richards,withtheassistanceofKanduE.Agbimson PARTIV Developmentandunderdevelopment 291 9. Indigeneityandincorporation 293 9.1 Earlycapitalistinaugurationandtheformationofacolonialshatterzone 295 RobbieEthridge 9.2 Indigenouspeoples,globalizationandautonomyinworld-systemsanalysis 304 JamesV.Fenelon 9.3 Peasants,peasantriesand(de)peasantizationinthecapitalistworld-system 313 EricVanhaute 9.4 Chiefdomworld-systems(withafocusonHawaii,1390–1790) 322 ElenaErmolaeva 10. Modelsofgrowthandstagnation 325 10.1 Positionandmobilityinthecontemporaryworld-economy: Astructuralistperspective 327 SalvatoreJ.Babones 10.2 O’Connorianmodelsofperipheraldevelopment—orhowthirdworld statesresistworld-systemicpressuresbycloningthepoliciesofstatesin thecore 336 SamuelCohn 10.3 Theembeddedperiphery:Slums,favelas,shantytowns andanewregimeofspatialinequalityinthemodernworld-system 345 DelarioLindsey 10.4 Urbanizationandpovertyintheglobal“South” 353 ShahadatHossain 11. Foodandagriculture 355 11.1 Globalenvironmentalgovernance,competition,andsustainability inglobalagriculture 357 BrianJ.GareauandJohnBorrego ix