World Systems in Contemporary Context
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"...In the end, problems of periodization, Eurocentrism, an over-reliance on economics, and the neglect of cultural and religious factors, as well as the neglect of political factors such as empire all plague Wallerstein's world-systems approach. Wallerstein’s world system idea still has its merits, but it has many limitations as well..."
Guided Viewing Questions
- We have discussed the World System over the course of the semester. What contemporary nations have joined the Core and why? What has happened to the periphery?
- How does Immanuel Wallerstein’s world system explain the modern world? How does it categorize nations?
- What are some of the major alternative approaches to the world system model?
- What sort of problems and limitations do these alternative approaches suggest that Wallerstein’s world system theory has?