World Systems Analysis
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World systems analysis, Wallerstein's framework, treats the world as one economic system divided into core, peripheral, and semi-peripheral nations.
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Core nations concentrate capital and high-value production; peripheral nations supply labor and raw materials.
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The categories describe positions in a system, and nations do move between them.
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- 0876 Semi-Peripheral Nations
- 0878 Capital Flight and Deindustrialization
- 0879 Debt Accumulation
- 1581 Core, Semi-Peripheral, and Peripheral Nations and Health
- 1764 "Who Bears Responsibility for Climate Change: Core or Peripheral Nations?"
- 1931 A Supply Chain Crosses Borders: Global Stratification and Economic Policy