Asia and the Transformation of the World-System

Book Overview

In this collaboratively authored book, world-system scholars critically synthesize Asia's re-emerging centrality despite the myriad financial crises that have punctuated the end of the U.S.-dominated Cold War world order.

From different vantage points, the authors review the turbulent landscape of the region that points toward a new Asian world order as well as contradictory symptoms and signals.

The text highlights the salience of Northeast Asia; the resurgence of Russia and Eurasianism; and the class, gender, and ecological implications of a conflict-ridden regional ascent for the future of the North-South divide and for the struggle between the spirit of Davos and the spirit of Porto Alegre.