New Geographies of Uneven Development in Global Formation: Thinking with Chase-Dunn

Authors

  • Jennifer Bair University of Virginia
  • Marion Werner

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/jwsr.2017.727

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Author Biography

Jennifer Bair, University of Virginia

Jennifer Bair is associate professor of sociology at the University of Virginia. She works at the intersection of global political economy and development studies.

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2017-08-11

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Bair, J., & Werner, M. (2017). New Geographies of Uneven Development in Global Formation: Thinking with Chase-Dunn. Journal of World-Systems Research, 23(2), 604–619. https://doi.org/10.5195/jwsr.2017.727

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Vol. 23 No. 2 (2017): Special Issue: Unequal Ecological Exchange

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Special Feature: Contributions of Christopher Chase-Dunn

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