Hegemonic decline : present and past /
edited by Jonathan Friedman and Christopher Chase-Dunn.
- 1st ed.
- Boulder : Paradigm Publishers, c2005.
- vii, 256 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Political economy of world-system annuals ; v. XXVI-b .
- Political economy of the world-system annuals ; v. 26-b. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Jonathan Friedman and Christopher Chase-Dunn -- Escaping a closed universe : world-system crisis, regional dynamics and the rise of Aegean palatial society / Johnny Persson -- The final collapse of the Mediterranean-Egyptian Near Eastern bronze age as a global systemic phenomenon / Kasja Ekholm -- Plus "a change" on not learning from history / Jonathan Friedman -- The parallel decline of early modern hegemonies in the 18th century / Norihisa Yamashita -- The problem of Dutch hegemonic decline and its relationship to globalization / Peter Taylor -- A perspective on Ottoman decline / Karen Barkey -- Polanyi's "double movement" : The belle âepoques of British and U.S. hegemony compared / Beverly Silver and Giovanni Arrighi -- Hegemonic transitions, globalization, and global elite formation / Thomas Reifer -- Indigenous peoples and hegemonic change : opportunities for resistance, or dangerous times? / Thomas D. Hall and James Fenelon -- Terrorism and hegemonic decline / Albert Bergesen and Omar Lizardo.