LEONID GRININ AND ANDREY KOROTAYEV, GREAT DIVERGENCE AND GREAT CONVERGENCE: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Journal Title: Journal of Globalization Studies - Year 2016, Vol 7, Issue 1
Abstract
The book ‘Great Divergence and Great Convergence: A Global Perspective’ represents an insightful analysis of the processes associated with historical change, specifically those processes that have given rise to the current state of the world system. Uniquely, the authors suggest that continuity of process extends to both the Divergence and Convergence. Further, they suggest that the time depth of the origin of this process is much deeper than the traditional marker of the mid-seventeenth century and build a strong case for this assessment. Finally, Grinin and Korotayev make some predictions regarding the further effects of the process of convergence into the near future, predictions suggesting a significant reshuffling of world system organization and the rise of a global middle class.
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Antony Harper
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