GEOG 1HB3 Lecture Notes - World-Systems Theory
3 Feb 2014
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Goal: to find relative and absolute differences in development from one part of the world to another. Does not measure social development: holistic measures (education, access to healthcare, political/religious freedoms) Modernization, advancement, economic growth, increase in production. The europeans (spain, britain, france) had conquered many of the underdeveloped nations and put them into oppression: dependence on the more developed world means that the colonies" ability to develop is much more limited/delayed. World systems theory is the framework for understanding this dependency relationship: core states: the more developed/industrial, semi-peripheral states: the developing/industrializing, peripheral states: the less developed/non-industrial. There are clear spatial variations that exist in terms of wealth and quality of life.
