Difference between revisions of "World-Systems Theory"
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A multidisciplinary approach to world [[Culture|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|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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| + | == External links and references == | ||
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| + | * [https://www.boundless.com/sociology/understanding-global-stratification-and-inequality/sociological-theories-and-global-inequality/world-systems-theory/ World-systems theory by Boundless] | ||
| + | * [http://www.eolss.net/ebooks/sample%20chapters/c04/e6-94-01.pdf World System Analysis by Immanuel Wallerstein, University of Yale] | ||
| + | * [http://www.iwallerstein.com/ Immanuel Wallerstein's website] | ||
[[Category:The Cultural Diplomacy Dictionary]] | [[Category:The Cultural Diplomacy Dictionary]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:49, 7 April 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.
