The question of whether states are best seen as rational actors, world-cultural vessels, or components of a world capitalist system is a prominent theme in the sociology and political science of international relations today. At the same time, the field of security studies is un…
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This dissertation, a case study of a precapitalist world-system, examined the interactions between and among nested networks in West Africa from 600 A.D. to 1591 A.D. from the perspective of the Songhay in the Niger River valley. It focused on interconnections between the bulk g…