In Event: 552 - Section on Political Economy of the World-Systems Refereed Roundtable Session and Business Meeting

Section on Political Economy of the World-System / Section on Political Economy of the World-Systems Refereed Roundtables (one-hour)

Jeb Sprague-Silgado, University of California Santa Barbara

Victoria Reyes, University of Michigan

Christopher Chase-Dunn, University of California-Riverside

Uneven Political Development: Largest Empires in Ten world Regions since the Late Bronze Age - Christopher Chase-Dunn, University of California-Riverside; Hiroko Inoue, University of California, Riverside; Alexis Antonio Alvarez, Univ of California-Riverside; Rebecca Alvarez; Teresa Neal, University of California Riverside; Eugene N. Anderson, University of California-Riverside

Capitalist World-Economy in the Longue Duree: Changing Modes of Global Distribution of Wealth, 1500-2008 - SAHAN SAVAS KARATASLI, JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY; Sefika Kumral, Johns Hopkins University

Cohesiveness or Competitiveness: Venture Capital Syndication Networks and Firms’ Performance in China - Song Yang, University of Arkansas; Yuanqin Li, Shanghai University