thinking often leads dissolution distinct states ref name lenski '''political economy world systems''' pews branch historical macrosociology bases analysis systems states searching generalizations interdependencies among system 's components principles variation among systemic conditions across time space ref name lenski historical macrosociologists include ref name lenski charles tilly developed theory chs analysis based national states immanuel wallerstein developed world systems theory analysis based world capitalist systems linking micro macro sociology perhaps highly
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