Great Divergence and Great Convergence A Global Perspective /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Grinin, Leonid (Συγγραφέας), Korotayev, Andrey (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Σειρά: International Perspectives on Social Policy, Administration, and Practice
• Θέματα: Political economy.; International economics.; Population.; Demography.; Economics.; International Economics.; Population Economics.; Political Economy.

This new monograph provides a stimulating new take on hotly contested topics in world modernization and the globalizing economy. It begins by situating what is called the Great Divergence--the social/technological revolution that led European nations to outpace the early dominance of Asia--in histor...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction. And yet the Twain Meet: Great Convergence brings the East closer to the West
• Great Divergence and the Rise of the West
• Great Convergence and the Rise of the Rest
• The Great Convergence and Globalization: How the Former Colo-nies Became the World Economic Locomotives
• Afterword. The Great Convergence and Possible Increase in Global Instability, or the World without an Absolute Leader.