Capital and coercion : the economic and military processes that have shaped the world economy, 1800-1990 /

Kentor, Jeffrey.

Capital and coercion : the economic and military processes that have shaped the world economy, 1800-1990 / Jeffrey Kentor. - New York : Garland Pub., (c)2000. - 1 online resource (vii, 126 pages) : illustrations. - Transnational business and corporate culture .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Literature Review -- Theoretical Framework -- The Core/Periphery Hierarchy -- Origins and Boundaries of the System -- Mechanisms of Reproduction -- Mechanisms of Mobility -- Semiperipheral Mobility -- Core Mobility (Hegemony) -- Empirical Studies of the Core/Periphery Hierarchy -- A Theoretical Model -- Empirical Analyses -- Research Design and Methods -- Variables and Countries Included in the Analyses -- Combined Data Sets -- Missing Data -- Countries Included in the Analyses -- Position in the World-Economy -- A Model of Position in the World-Economy -- Calculating Position in the World-Economy -- Position in the World-Economy 1990 -- Results -- Calculating a Global Measure of Position 1990 -- Factor Analysis -- A Surrogate Measure of Position in the World-Economy -- Position in the World-Economy 1900-1990 -- Method of Calculation -- Results -- Mobility in the World-Economy -- The Core of the World-Economy 1900 -- Changes in Core Power 1820-1990 -- Mobility in the Semiperiphery and Periphery -- Semiperipheral Mobility -- Mobility in the Periphery -- A Causal Model of the Relationships Among Economic and Military Dimensions -- Theoretical Implications -- Core/periphery Structure -- Mobility in the Core/periphery Hierarchy -- Hegemony -- Causal Modeling -- Implications of the Findings -- Directions for Future Research -- Descriptive Statistics for Variables in the Analyses



9781135701611


Wealth--History.
Power (Social sciences)--History.
Economic history.


Electronic Books.

HC79 / .C375 2000