Browsing OU - Faculty and Staff Publications by Subject "world-system"

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    • A New Trichotomous Measure of World-system Position Using the International Trade Network 

      Rob Clark; Jason Beckfield (International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 2009-02-01)
      Snyder and Kick's (1979) measure of world-system position continues to serve as the premier trichotomous network indicator of a state's location in the capitalist world economy. In this study, we identify several problems ...

    • World-system position and democracy, 1972–2008 

      Rob Clark (International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 2012-10-01)
      Global levels of democracy are higher than ever before, and democratic principles are now institutionalized as a world cultural norm. Nevertheless, a number of countries continue to feature governing systems that restrict ...