SYSTEMIC BOUNDARIES ISSUE IN THE LIGHT OF MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF THE WORLD-SYSTEM EVOLUTION
Journal Title: Journal of Globalization Studies - Year 2017, Vol 8, Issue 1
Abstract
In this article we demonstrate why mathematical models of the World System evolution are so important for the world-systems research, in general, and for the issue of systemic boundaries in particular. The point is that those mathematical models demonstrate in a rather convincing way that in order that a certain set of human societies would demonstrate systemic qualities (and – thus – could be described with a single mathematical model), it is sufficient that just one condition is observed – it is necessary that the technological innovations made in one society of a system could diffuse within a millennium throughout all the other societies of the system. As soon as this condition is satisfied, the respective set of human societies can be treated as a single system (and – what is important – can be described with a single mathematical model), and we do not know any better designation for such a system than the ‘world-system’. This, of course suggests rather specific criteria for the world-systemic boundaries.
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Andrey Korotayev, Julia Zinkina
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