When Sanderson and Alderson suggest that the capitalist world-economy and the interstate system go hand in hand, they are referring to the fact that
a. a fundamental characteristic of the modern world-system is its politically
decentralized character
b. the logic of capitalism seems to work against the formation of a world-empire
c. the capitalistic nature of the world-system would probably decay if the
interstate system evolved into a world-empire
d. all of the above
Question 2
Sanderson and Alderson suggest that the capitalist world-economy and the interstate system
a. are fused together as part of a single reality, which is governed by the logic of
capital accumulation
b. are highly independent of each other
c. closely interrelate during periods of economic prosperity, but are highly
independent during periods of economic decline
d. none of these
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