Immanuel Wallerstein

Immanuel Wallerstein, now at Yale University, has been president of the International Sociological Association and head of the Fernand Braudel Center for the Study of Economies, Historical Systems and Civilizations at Binghamton University (SUNY), where he was distinguished professor of sociology from 1976 until his retirement in 1999.

The road to Europe: racing for the lifeboats

In July, amidst great drama, the Eurozone seemed to enact a political compromise, saving the euro as a single currency. Its effects on stabilisation are uncertain, but a Eurozone that is politically ‘less weak’ will do ‘less badly’ in the coming major collapse.

By Immanuel Wallerstein

/ 29 Aug 2011