Other new developments include the consequences of the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the roles of gender and the culture, studies of slavery and incorporation of new regions into the world system and the precapitalist world systems.
Drugi novi razvoji uključuju posledice raspada Sovetskog Saveza, ulogu polova i kulture, studije ropstva i inkorporaciju novih regiona u svetski sistem i pretkapitalistički svetski sistem.