TY - BOOK ID - 4864962 TI - Great Divergence and Great Convergence : A Global Perspective AU - Grinin, Leonid. AU - Korotayev, Andrey. PY - 2015 SN - 9783319177809 3319177796 9783319177793 331917780X PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Economics/Management Science. KW - International Economics. KW - Demography. KW - Population Economics. KW - Political Economy. KW - Economics. KW - International economics. KW - Population. KW - Economie politique KW - Population KW - Démographie KW - Commerce KW - Business & Economics KW - International Commerce KW - International economic relations KW - History. KW - Political economy. KW - International Political Economy. KW - Economic theory KW - Political economy KW - Social sciences KW - Economic man KW - Human population KW - Human populations KW - Population growth KW - Populations, Human KW - Economics KW - Human ecology KW - Sociology KW - Demography KW - Malthusianism KW - Historical demography KW - Vital statistics KW - Economic policy, Foreign KW - Economic relations, Foreign KW - Economics, International KW - Foreign economic policy KW - Foreign economic relations KW - Interdependence of nations KW - International economic policy KW - International economics KW - New international economic order KW - Economic policy KW - International relations KW - Economic sanctions KW - International economic relations. KW - Population and Demography. KW - International Political Economy’. KW - Economic aspects. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4864962 AB - This new monograph provides a stimulating new take on hotly contested topics in world modernization and the globalizing economy. It begins by situating what is called the Great Divergence--the social/technological revolution that led European nations to outpace the early dominance of Asia--in historical context over centuries. This is contrasted with an equally powerful Great Convergence, the recent economic and technological expansion taking place in Third World nations and characterized by narrowing inequity among nations. They are seen here as two phases of an inevitable global process, centuries in the making, with the potential for both positive and negative results.   This sophisticated presentation examines:   Why the developing world is growing more rapidly than the developed world. How this development began occurring under the Western world's radar. How former colonies of major powers grew to drive the world's economy. Why so many Western economists have been slow to recognize the Great Convergence. The increasing risk of geopolitical instability. Why the world is likely to find itself without an absolute leader after the end of the American hegemony   A work of rare scope, Great Divergence and Great Convergence gives sociologists, global economists, demographers, and global historians a deeper understanding of the broader movement of social and economic history, combined with a long view of history as it is currently being made; it also offers some thrilling forecasts for global development in the forthcoming decades. ER -