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World in Disorder : an Interdisciplinary Approach to Global Issues by Sheldon Smith is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is World in Disorder : an Interdisciplinary Approach to Global Issues about?
Designed as both an introductory and theoretical text on contemporary global issues, this book was written to be used in conjunction with an international newspaper, especially the Christian Science Monitor. Smith supplies theory and background to key global issues and embraces the world system theory of Immanuel Wallerstein and the new institutional economics of Douglas North. Smith demonstrates the theory of blocked transition, by which a few wealthy societies have achieved transitions to mode
Who reads World in Disorder : an Interdisciplinary Approach to Global Issues?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Sheldon Smith
- Publisher
- University Press of America, Incorporated
- Published
- 1993
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780819191137
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Anthropology, Sociology, Nature
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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