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Discusses urban development from a global perspective, highlighting the growth of megacities around the world & their interrelationships within the context of increasing globalization. Issues raised by such development for traditional urban theory in sociology are addressed, & the growth (& decline) of the international political economy & world-systems approaches to studying urbanization are traced. Contemporary research focuses on the position of cities in the hierarchical global system, one dominated by the logic of competitive capitalism. Of particular interest are cities in developing countries; peripheral/dependent urban development is discussed. The characteristics & role of new global/world cities in the international system are described, utilizing social network analysis to define their relationship to each other & within the global hierarchy. 95 References. K. Hyatt Stewart

Those who advocate a drastic reform of the global economic system have been quiet in their argument. The politics behind social theory have been offered as an explanation for this trend. If the current global economic system, & neoliberalism itself, is to be challenged it is essential that new strategies be devised. Intellectuals & those who currently fall victim to the present neoliberal regime must play a crucial role. The true basis of Marxism must be revitalized, not simply reworded to suit the needs of the New Left. Deconstructive politics need to be employed, & a "third way" (not to be confused with the visions of Bill Clinton & Tony Blair) located midway between socialism & neoliberalism must be explored. Finally, in keeping with the dictates of socialism, any & all reforms must be left open-ended. 28 References. K. A. Larsen

This work analyzes the development in World-System Theory as produced by the flow of appropriation of global surplus value through the international division of labor, creating the divisions between center, semiperiphery and periphery in the capitalist world-economy. It thus aims to explore how the global appropriation of surplus value in the capitalist world-economy produces variations in the level of development of its different regions. To this end, it contextualizes and conceptualizes its elements on its spatial and temporal dimensions. It defines surplus value and the form of its global accumulation, and in this sense explores the succession of capitalist hegemonies, in their dialectical relationship with the system's progress, enabling the approach to the international division of labor, and how the monopoly over finance and technologies allows the center of the system to consolidate a structure that ensures the transfer of capital and surplus value from the other regions to it. It follows that the development of a particular country or region in the capitalist world-economy depends on its ability to accumulate surplus value globally. Additionally, it is observed that the conditions imposed by the system structure prevent initiatives of autonomous development by its parts, being necessary to break with them for such a project to be possible

Reviews the literature on gender & development, highlighting differences between feminist scholarship & that employing a world-systems perspective, & calling for greater collaboration between the two, though not at the expense of their unique outlooks. Traditional, feminist, & general theories of development in sociology are compared, showing how feminist-oriented research offers an alternative perspective on the functioning of the world economy & women's place within it. The micro-macro debate between feminist & world-systems scholars (respectively) in such research is also examined. 1 Table, 102 References. K. Hyatt Stewart

Presents a short summary of the world-systems perspective on globalization as relevant to considering the possibilities & probabilities of Guatemala's prospects for democracy & development. Guatemala's structural position in the larger global political economy is examined. The strategy of "globalization from below" as popular movement alliances' response to neoliberal corporate globalization is considered. 35 References. Adapted from the source document.

Discusses urban development from a global perspective, highlighting the growth of megacities around the world & their interrelationships within the context of increasing globalization. Issues raised by such development for traditional urban theory in sociology are addressed, & the growth (& decline) of the international political economy & world-systems approaches to studying urbanization are traced. Contemporary research focuses on the position of cities in the hierarchical global system, one dominated by the logic of competitive capitalism. Of particular interest are cities in developing countries; peripheral/dependent urban development is discussed. The characteristics & role of new global/world cities in the international system are described, utilizing social network analysis to define their relationship to each other & within the global hierarchy. 95 References. K. Hyatt Stewart

In their reliance on the concept of a single, worldwide DofL, the world systems analysts overlook the emergence & growing significance of a second world system of Soviet-type (or socialist) states. The Soviet-type world system emerged with Soviet attempts to secure control over Eastern Europe due to a sequence of interrelated & mutually contingent processes: Soviet victory in WWII, development of a Soviet zone of influence, Sovietization of this zone, & a Soviet transnational camp. Then a new superstate structure -- the Soviet-type world system -- appeared with its own DofL & largely internal developmental dynamics. A new form of world systems analysis, one that acknowledges the existence of both a Western & a Soviet-type world system & addresses their incompatibility, competition, & yet their dialectical interdependence, is becoming indispensable. AA