Difference between revisions of "World-Systems Theory"
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| − | A multidisciplinary approach to world culture and history which stresses that the primary unit of social analysis should be the world-system as opposed to the state. A world-system refers to a socioeconomic system comprising part or all of the globe; this is in opposition to [[Modernization Theory|modernization theory]] which stresses the systems present in individual nation states. Multiple world-systems can coexist as long as there is little contact between them: if two world-systems begin to interact, they will merge into one larger world-system. In contemporary social theory, there exists only one world-system comprising the entire world due to the effects of globalization, but at previous times in history there have been multiple world-systems in coexistence. | + | A multidisciplinary approach to world culture and history which stresses that the primary unit of social analysis should be the world-system as opposed to the state. A world-system refers to a socioeconomic system comprising part or all of the globe; this is in opposition to [[Modernization Theory|modernization theory]] which stresses the systems present in individual nation states. Multiple world-systems can coexist as long as there is little contact between them: if two world-systems begin to interact, they will merge into one larger world-system. In contemporary social theory, there exists only one world-system comprising the entire world due to the effects of [[globalization]], but at previous times in history there have been multiple world-systems in coexistence. |
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Revision as of 11:19, 27 March 2014
A multidisciplinary approach to world culture and history which stresses that the primary unit of social analysis should be the world-system as opposed to the state. A world-system refers to a socioeconomic system comprising part or all of the globe; this is in opposition to modernization theory which stresses the systems present in individual nation states. Multiple world-systems can coexist as long as there is little contact between them: if two world-systems begin to interact, they will merge into one larger world-system. In contemporary social theory, there exists only one world-system comprising the entire world due to the effects of globalization, but at previous times in history there have been multiple world-systems in coexistence.
