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* World Systems Theory [aka "World Systems Approach"] is a theory of international relations
* developed by Immanuel Wallerstein
* it provides a structuralist explanation of global inequality, best viewed as a pyramid
* the "Core" states, dominating the system, use the global capitalist economy for their own elevation
* beneath the Core is the Semi-Periphery, the purgatory of nations, seeking to elevate themselves to claim their place among the Core states, and escape their scorned past
* the Periphery states are the weakest in the international system, disenfranchised and downtrodden peoples ruled by puppet governments subservient to global capitalists
* ruled by the excrement of the Core, known as NGOs
* a system of "unequal exchange" maintains that the Peripherals will not be given the lifestyle that they deserve through their industry; providing all of the natural resources that are greedily devoured by the Core, only to receive obsolete technology and hollow "aid" in return

More detail at:
http://baseofliterature.blogspot.com/2010/04/world-system-of-inequality.html

Speed version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpw_e79mPHM

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  • When Haiti/Dominican Republic were a part of the French empire this island produced 20% of all French wealth. How much do you think the islanders saw? squat...

  • @7jerryv7 why use an example from the times of the french empire, look at the Niger Delta today, theres no shortage of other examples all over the world

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