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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.