worldsystems theory Christopher ChaseDunn Lecture Outline Worldsystems Nested

world-systems theory Christopher Chase-Dunn

Lecture Outline World-systems Nested networks Core/periphery relations The evolution of world-systems

The comparative world-systems perspective February 2 *C. Chase-Dunn and B. Lerro, Social Change, Chapter 2, ” The comparative world-systems approach” (course web site) n C. Chase-Dunn and T. D. Hall, Rise and Demise n Thomas R. Shannon, An Introduction to the World-Systems Perspective n

Definition of a world-system A system of societies, an intersocietal system n Often multicultural: people with different cultures are linked together by trade, communications, conflict and alliances n Example: the modern world-system of national societies: the U. S. , Mexico, El Salvador, etc. The whole system Small, Medium and Large world-systems World means the world to which people are connected Only the most recent world-system is global n

Nested interaction networks Bulk goods network (BGN) n Political-military network (PMN) n Prestige goods network (PGN) n Information network (IN) Place-centric Fall-off n

Nested interaction nets

Core/periphery hierarchy

More core/periphery relations n n n Not all world-systems have core/periphery structures Core/periphery differentiation (societies with different degrees of population density and different levels of complexity are interacting with one another Core/periphery hierarchy: one society or some societies are dominating and exploiting other societies

Central system pmn chronograph

East/west chronograph

Iteration model

Rise, fall and upward sweeps