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  2. World-systems theory - Wikipedia

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    Between the core, periphery and semi-periphery countries lies a system of interconnected state relationships, or the interstate system. The interstate system arose either as a concomitant process or as a consequence of the development of the capitalist world-system over the course of the “long” 16th century as states began to recognize each ...

  3. Core countries - Wikipedia

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    The periphery countries’ purpose is to provide agricultural and natural resources along with the lower division of labor for larger corporations of semi-periphery and core countries. As a result of the lower priced division of labor and natural resources available, the core state's companies buy these products for a relatively low cost and ...

  4. List of states and territories of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The United States of America is a federal republic [1] consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands. [2] [3] Both the states and the United States as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions. [4]

  5. List of principal and guide meridians and base lines of the ...

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    Primarily from the United States Government Printing Office Style Manual. [1] State names usually signify only parts of each listed state, unless otherwise indicated. Based on the BLM manual's 1973 publication date, and the reference to Clarke's Spheroid of 1866 in section 2-82, coordinates appear to be in the NAD27 datum.

  6. Semi-periphery countries - Wikipedia

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    The semi-periphery exists because it needs to divide the economic power between the core and the periphery. Semi-periphery, referred to as the middle class by Wallerstein, is what makes the capitalist world function because it is much like the sociological structural functionalism theory, where norms, customs, traditions, and institutions act ...

  7. File:Core, periphery, and semiperiphery, 1975 - 2002. .png

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    English: Core, periphery, and semiperiphery (1975 - 2002) based on GNP per capita. Countries that consistently fell into a particular class over the 28-year period of analysis. Taken from Salvatore J. Babones' essay, "The country-level income structure of the world-economy," Journal of World-Systems Research 11, no. 1 (2005): 29-55 [1] .

  8. Interstate system (world-systems theory) - Wikipedia

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    The theory of the interstate system holds that all states are defined through their relationship to other states or through participation in the world economy, and that divisions between states help to divide the world into a core, periphery and semi-periphery. [1] [2]

  9. Periphery countries - Wikipedia

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    At the beginning of the 19th century, Asia and Africa were considered periphery and their lack of development enabled the United States and Germany to remain successful core nations. [10] Although periphery nations are exploited by core countries, there is a purpose to the unequal exchanges of goods. For instance, the core countries have an ...