world-systems
Core-periphery economic structures
World-systems refers to a framework in social science that analyzes human history and economics as interconnected global systems rather than isolated nations.
Developed by sociologist Immanuel Wallerstein, the approach divides the world into core, periphery, and semi-periphery regions based on economic power and exploitation.
World-systems theory explains how wealthy nations maintain dominance through unequal trade relationships.
Unequal spatial power structure
- dependencyState of needing support
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
subordination · stratification · economic zones · upward mobility · downward mobility
Collected mass over time
- commodificationTransforming into sellable goods
- labor exploitationUnfair treatment of workers
- mercantilismTrade policy favoring exports
- industrializationTransition to factory-based economy
means of production · imperialism · neocolonialism · cash crops · raw materials · enclosure · wage labor
Unequal exchange between nations
- colonial tradeExchange between colonizers, colonized
- triangular tradeThree-legged Atlantic exchange system
- trade routesPaths for exchanging goods
- spice tradeHistorical exchange of aromatics
plantation economy · monoculture · resource extraction · trade surplus · trade deficit
core
Central essential portion
- peripheryBoundary or outer region
core-periphery
Unequal spatial power structure
- dependencyState of needing support
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- hegemonyDominant group's control
dominance · subordination · stratification · economic zones · upward mobility · downward mobility
accumulation
Collected mass over time
- commodificationTransforming into sellable goods
- labor exploitationUnfair treatment of workers
- mercantilismTrade policy favoring exports
industrialization · means of production · imperialism · neocolonialism · cash crops · raw materials · enclosure · wage labor
trade imbalances
Unequal exchange between nations
- colonial tradeExchange between colonizers, colonized
- triangular tradeThree-legged Atlantic exchange system
- trade routesPaths for exchanging goods
spice trade · plantation economy · monoculture · resource extraction · trade surplus · trade deficit
world-systemsvoluntarism
Will-based action philosophy
neoliberalism · postmodernism · functionalism · realism · constructivism
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