WORLD SYSTEMS & COLONIALISM PART 1
MODERN WORLD SYSTEM Today, few societies exist that are not integrated into the nation-state or subject to state control What do we mean by ‘modern world system’? ____________________________________
THE WORLD SYSTEM Capitalist world economy Profit-orientated global economy based on production for sale or exchange
THE WORLD SYSTEM World System Theory Proposed by Braudel initially in
THE WORLD SYSTEM World System Theory Main idea: ___________________________ _____________________________________ ____________________________________ Set of ________________________ Since the_______ when Old World & New World established relations
THE WORLD SYSTEM World System Theory Wallerstein (1982, 2004) Three different positions of economic & political power
THE WORLD SYSTEM Wallerstein’s (1982, 2004) Classification
THE WORLD SYSTEM Example of Wallerstein’s (1982, 2004) Classification Labor force: US & Western Europe – __________________ Non-core countries supply ____________ Benefits Core countries: _________________________ Non-core countries: ________________
THE WORLD SYSTEM Example of Wallerstein’s (1982, 2004) Classification Labor Migration: Germany & Turkish Guest Workers By 1970, _______________________________ ________________________________________ ____went to Germany South Africa & Lesotho