World-systems analysis is not a theory, but an approach to social analysis and social change developed, among others by the Immanuel Wallerstein. Professor Wallerstein writes in three domains of ...world-systems analysis: the historical development of the modern world-system; the contemporary crisis of the capitalist world-economy; the structures of knowledge. The American anlyst rejects the notion of a "Third World", claiming there is only one world connected by a complex network of economic exchange relationship. Our world system is characterized by mechanisms which bring about a redistribution of resources from the periphery to the core. His analytical approach has made a significant impact and established an institutional base devoted to the general approach.
Autori analiziraju granične sporove između Slovenije i
Hrvatske kao primjer socioekonomskih procesa tipičnih za
europsku poluperiferiju. Sporovi oko teritorijalnog
razgraničenja i akvizicije ...slovenskih kompanija promatraju
se u očima hrvatskih konkurenata kao komplementarni
procesi definiranja i prijelaza granica, koji su zasnovani na
drugačijim idejama (nacionalnog) suvereniteta. Ideja
suvereniteta kao kontrole nad teritorijem transformira se i
dopunjuje pojmom suvereniteta kao nacionalnoga vlasništva
i kontrole nad ekonomskim resursima. Prekogranična
preuzimanja stoga se tumače kao gubitak suvereniteta nad
nacionalnim gospodarstvom. Spor oko teritorijalnog
razgraničenja od 2009. godine polako su zamijenile
medijski praćene poslovne i financijske transakcije između
vodećih nacionalnih tvrtki (npr. slučaj Agrokora i Mercatora).
Istodobno, granice se zaobilaze širim procesima tržišne
konsolidacije i akumulacije kapitala koje su potaknute
EU-integracijama. Stoga pitanja fizičkih granica i
teritorijalnoga suvereniteta, ali i gospodarskoga suvereniteta,
uvelike prelaze na područje simboličkog.
WORLD SYSTEMS THEORY Kardulias, P. Nick
Encyclopedia of Archaeology,
2008, 20080000, Letnik:
3
Reference, Book Chapter
In the search for an interpretive framework that has generalized applicability, scholars have had recourse to various approaches. World-systems theory offers a model of human interaction that ...crosscuts economic, political, and social dimensions. In addition, world-systems theory is multiscalar, i.e., it assesses the connection between different levels in a regional and interregional system. The approach originated with the work of Immanuel Wallerstein and A. Gunder Frank, and has been adopted and adapted by anthropologists and archaeologists to describe the nature of integrated systems in the past as well as the present. The components of a world-system are typically referred to as cores, peripheries, and semi-peripheries. The interaction among these segments involves the process of incorporation. While cores tend to exploit peripheries, there is a level of flexibility or negotiation between the levels, especially in the periods of concern to archaeologists.
Après l'Europe de l'Est? Rey, Violette
Espace géographique,
01/1990, Letnik:
19/20, Številka:
1
Journal Article
Recenzirano
Odprti dostop
Ce qui fut un demi-siècle «l'Europe de l'Est» se trouve au temps zéro d'une nouvelle bifurcation de son destin. À la suite d'un tel événement comment interroger la géographie? La réflexion suit un ...double cheminement sur l'articulation espacetemps et sur les mots qui sont associés à l'idée d'Europe. What has been known for half a century as "Eastern Europe" is now at a cross-road. After such an event how to question geography? The thought may follow a double trend on how time and space articulate and how words work when associated to the idea of Europe?
This article contributes to the emerging scholarship on space programmes developed by nations across global semi-peripheries, and it uncovers the major factors and challenges shaping the outer space ...agenda both domestically and internationally. Drawing on the case of Kazakhstan, the article discusses how the development of the space industry has been accompanied by the government’s efforts to indigenise space techno-science, while public discourses promote a vision of space services as playing a key role in addressing some of society’s major problems. The article reflects on new challenges faced by emergent space nations like Kazakhstan in the context of the ongoing commercialisation of space services, which undermines the economic viability of investment in the national space infrastructure, such as satellites. The analysis of ongoing challenges and policy dilemmas reveals that space techno-science in the context of emerging space nations can be seen as an instrument serving to consolidate state sovereignty, as well as the ground where this sovereignty has been put to the test.
This paper aims to investigate the impact of China's aid, trade and investments on the development trajectories in postcolonial Africa, focussed on Rwanda. The analytical framework of this study is ...informed by Helen Milner's observation that 'International political economy is a growth industry'. Furthermore, the study deploys dependency theory and world systems theory to examine how the global economic configuration operates though the hierarchy of core, semi-periphery and periphery among the states. Our focus on Rwanda is based on our observation that this small, landlocked, natural resources-deficient, aid-dependent country is an atypical destination for Chinese patronage and investments. We argue that as a non-resource rich country, Rwanda presents an anomaly, thus, underlining the gap in the existing knowledge on China-Africa engagements. We discuss the inherent dependency in the neoliberal economic structure and present a case for using dependency theory to understand and explain the contemporary globalised economy and emerging South-South cooperation. We conclude with a call for more in-depth cross-comparative research on China-Africa relations to grasp the magnitude of dependencies and economic transformations within postcolonial African states.
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