Remake of 1st Period Red Group: Wallerstein's World Systems Theory by Mahdis Hernandez

Core countries

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higher education levels
advanced technologies
stable governments
strong political alliances

Periphery Country Characteristics

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Lower levels of education
Less stable governments
Poor services such as healthcare
Less sophisticated technology

Relationship between the Core & Periphery

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The Core countries give the Periphery support, the core gives them employment opportunities. The periphery gives back by providing the core countries manual labor, primary sector jobs.

Semi-Periphery Country Characteristics

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The potential to grow into core countries
Better connections and transportation than Periphery countries

Development Opportunities ?

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They can not easily develop because they are so reliant on the Core countries, and this causes them to have an unstable government.

Wrap-Up

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Interlinked

Interconnectivity

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The core receives cheap labor and materials from both Periphery and Semi-Periphery countries.
Semi-Periphery is exploited by Core countries through cheap labor and materials on the other hand Semi-Periphery countries exploit the Periphery countries creating a link.
Periphery countries receive work from transnational companies established by core countries. They also receive consumer goods and money from Semi-Periphery countries