Empire, World Systems, and Globalization
Abstract
No one can accurately predict the future of large-scale power structures. The most one can do is to give alternative scenarios of what might happen given different conditions, and in some cases to arrange them in order of probability… There is no end of history, no ultimate primacy, no necessary continued progress, for the unintended consequences of human action constantly create new interstitial problems, plural outcomes are always possible, and human beings have the capacity to choose well or badly, for good or ill…
Fields of Study & Subjects
World Systems and Global Transformations
International Relations and Foreign Policy
Global History
Politics
and Ideology
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Routledge eBooks
- Pages
- 293–327
- Publication date
- 4 March 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter