A World in Crisis

Preface viii

Preface to the Second Edition x

1 Introduction: A World in Crisis? 1

2 The Geography of International Economic Disorder 16

3 Draining the World of Energy 79

4 Food Production and Distribution - and Hunger 101

5 The Use of Natural Resources in Developing and Developed Countries 125

6 Malthus, Marx and Population Crises 151

7 World Capitalism and the Destruction of Regional Cultures 175

8 The Individual and the World-Economy 200

9 The Question of National Congruence 229

10 The New Geopolitics: The Dynamics of Geopolitical Disorder 266

11 World-Power Competition and Local Conflicts in the Third World 289

12 The World-Systems Project 333

13 Epilogue: Our Planet is Big Enough for Peace but Too Small for War 355

List of Contributors 358

Index 361