Address the following questions fully and completely in your own words
and voice; save your answers electronically. You will see at least one
of these questions on your next unit exam in which you will be asked to
demonstrate that you have read and mastered the material. Prepare your
answers now.
What are idiographic and nomothetic methodologies? Which does
Wallerstein consider most valid for understanding sociocultural
systems?
What are the functions of the Core? The Periphery? The
Semi-Periphery?
Compare and contrast the two types of world-systems.
How does the capitalist world-system maintain political
stability?
What does Wallerstein mean by a "liberal state"?
What is a hegemon? What is its life cycle?
According to Wallerstein, why is the capitalist world-system
about to fail? Evaluate his arguments.
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Wallerstein, I. (1980). The
Modern World-System II: Mercantilism and the Consolidation of the European
World-Economy, 1600-1750. New York: Academic Press.
Wallerstein, I. (1989). The
Modern World-System III: The Second Era of Great Expasnion of the Capitalist
World-Economy, 1730-1840. New York: Academic Press.
Wallerstein, I. (1974). The
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World-Economy in the Sixteenth Century. New York: Academic Press.
Wallerstein, I. (1998).
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