Russian World-Systems Analysis School
= Jack Goldstone calls it the Russian global-historical systems school, and credits them with a synthesis of the great debate around the Great Divergence vs the Great Convergence, which is about the reasons for the Rise of the West [/https://www.sociostudies.org/upload/sociostudies.org/journal/seh/2016_2/194-200.pdf]
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- Leonid Grinin on the Evolution of State Forms: on major qualitative stages of the development of the world productive forces. Grinin singles out four principles of production: Hunter-gatherer; Craft-Agrarian; Leonid Grinin connects major technological achievements with the Cybernetic revolution.
- The Grinin Interpretation of the Sixth Kondratieff Wave
- Production Revolutions and Periodization of History: Chapter 1 of the book: Macrohistory and Globalization.
- Comparison of Biological and Social Macro-Evolution: Chapter 10 of: Evolution: A - Leonid Grinin et al. [1]
- Big History Perspective on Evolution, i.e. the Book: EVOLUTION: A Big History Perspective. Edited by: Edited by Leonid E. Grinin, Аndrey V. Korotayev, Barry H. Rodrigue. Volgograd: ‘Uchitel’ 2023
- Democracy and the Early State. Leonid Grinin. Social Evolution & History. Volume 3, Number 2 / September 2004
- Cultural Dimensions of Hierarchy and Power in the History of Civilizations: Edited by Leonid E. Grinin and Andrey V. Korotayev Moscow: KRASAND, 2009. - 216 p.
- Social Evolution and History (journal)
- Great Divergence vs Great Convergence: * Book: GREAT DIVERGENCE AND GREAT CONVERGENCE. A Global Perspective. By Grinin, Leonid; Korotayev, Andrey. Springer,
- Early State and Its Alternatives: * Book: The Early State, Its Alternatives and Analogues. Ed. by Leonid E. Grinin, Robert L. Carneiro et al. 'Uchitel' Publishing House, 2004