IMMANUEL WALLERSTEINS WORLD SYSTEMS THEORY CATEGORIZING THE WORLDS

IMMANUEL WALLERSTEIN’S WORLD SYSTEMS THEORY CATEGORIZING THE WORLDS COUNTRIES INTO THREE GROUPS BASED ON ECONOMY, TRADE, AND HUMAN WELL-BEING

STEP ONE: COMPLETE THIS BEFORE THURSDAY’S CLASS • On your blank world map, you need to recreate the map on the next slide. • Countries need to be color coded according to the three categories • Core • Semi-Periphery • Make sure to create a color-key • This topic will be part of Thursday’s lesson and this map must be done before then.

THE WORLD SYSTEMS THEORY • World is broken down into three categories of countries- developed by Immanuel Wallerstein • Idea that the world is broken down economically where some countries benefit where others are exploited • Core (MDC) (Developed) • Wealthy, powerful • Semi-Periphery (LDC) (Developing) • Has a little bit of both core and periphery in the country • Periphery (LDC) (Developing) • Poor, struggling

CORE COUNTRIES • MDC, Developed • Dominant capitalist countries • Wealthy • Citizens are doing well • Strong military power • Do not depend on one single state or country • Uses power to exploit poorer countries • Labor • Raw materials

Label the core countries on your map

PERIPHERY COUNTRIES • LDC, Developing • Lack a strong, central government • Controlled by other countries • Dependent on core countries for capital • Low skill, labor-intensive production • Aka- third-world countries

Label the periphery countries on your map

SEMI-PERIPHERY COUNTRIES • LDC, Developing • Have qualities of core and periphery in the country • Trying to get out of periphery • Declining from core • Sometimes exploited by the core • Sometimes exploit periphery

Label the semiperiphery countries on your map