Abstract
Section 1 of this article presents a mathematical analysis of the longterm
global urbanization dynamics and
demonstrates that it could be described as a series of phase transitions between attraction basins. This makes
it possible to suggest new approaches to the analysis of global social macroevolution. Section 2 presents
a threestage
model of the macroevolution of the World System statehood (early – developed – mature state)
that, we believe, describes the main features of political macroevolution better than the twostage
model
proposed by Claessen and Skalník (early – mature state). This model has been used as a basis for the analysis
of changes in the development of political structures from the prestate
polities and the most primitive early
states (and their analogues) till the modern supercomplex states. In this section we also analyze the
relationship between the growth of the territory controlled by the World System states and the growth of the
statehood complexity. Finally, Section 3 attempts at the detection of the correlation between the global
evolution of political structures and global urbanization processes. This study confirms the presence of a
system of attraction basins and phase transitions within the World System macroevolutionary development
field, as well as the presence of mathematically interpretable correlations and interrelations between the
analyzed global processes – political, urbanizing, demographic, technological, and sociostructural.