THE STRUCTURAL CRISIS IN THE WORLD-SYSTEM: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

Authors

  • Immanuel Wallerstein Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/va.v0i21.51014

Keywords:

world-economy, world crisis, history, politics, Davos, Porto Alegre

Abstract

THE TEXT DISCUSES THE MAJOR CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WORLD SYSTEM APPROACH IN ITS DIRECT APPLICATION TO THE PRESENT SYSTEMIC CRISIS, WHICH CAN BE TERMINAL. THE ARTICLE CONSIDERS THEN THE PRESENT ALTERNATIVES TO THE SITUATION CONCEIVED AS WHAT IS CALLED THE “SPIRIT OF DAVOS”, A PROBABLY INCONSEQUENTIAL ATTEMPT OF REFORMING THE PRESENT, AND THE “SPIRIT OF PORTO ALEGRE”, AN ALTERNATIVE FOR A BETTER, MORE JUST AND MORE EQUAL WORLD-ECONOMY.


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Published

2012-06-20

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2012): História, cultura e revolução

Section

Dossiê 21: história, cultura e revolução

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How to Cite

WALLERSTEIN, Immanuel. THE STRUCTURAL CRISIS IN THE WORLD-SYSTEM: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?. Via Atlântica, São Paulo, v. 13, n. 1, p. 15–26, 2012. DOI: 10.11606/va.v0i21.51014. Disponível em: https://periodicos.usp.br/viaatlantica/article/view/51014.. Acesso em: 18 may. 2024.