Great Divergence and Great Convergence A Global Perspective /

• Main Authors: Grinin, Leonid (Author), Korotayev, Andrey (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: International Perspectives on Social Policy, Administration, and Practice
• Subjects: 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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.