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Perspective
Thounaojam Somokanta
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
SOC470A
somo@iitk.ac.in
Three dominant school of development
S c h o o l o f D e v e lo p m e n t
Modernization
M o d e r n iz a t io n Dependency
D ep end en cy W o r ld -S y s t e m
World-System
1). Modernization
1). Modernization 1).
1). Dependency
Dependency 1). World-System
World-System
1).
2).Classical
2). Classical 2). Classical
2). Classical 2). World-System
Modernization
Modernization Dependency
Dependency at Global Level
3).New
3). New
Modernization
3). New
3). New 3). World-System
Modernization Dependency
Dependency at National Level
Reference:
So, A.Y. (1990). Social change and development. Sage, Newbury Park
Brief introduction of World System Perspective
In the mid-1970s, Wallerstein developed world system perspective which is a
macrosociological perspective that seeks to explain the dynamics of the
‘capitalist world economy’ as a ‘total social system’
‘World-system’ is characterized by the international division of labor,
consisting of a structured set of relations between:
1). The core, or developed countries control world wages and monopolise
the production of manufactured goods.
2). The semi-peripheral zone resemble the core in terms of their urban
centres but have areas of rural poverty resemble periphery
3). Peripheral countries mainly in Africa, which provide the raw materials
(e.g., cash crops) to the core and semi periphery.
World system perspective emerged as a response to the criticisms of
modernization theory and dependency theory
Note: I have introduced basic concept of world system perspective to give a brief idea, which I rely the
informations on external sources not text book
Source: http://www.faculty.rsu.edu/users/f/felwell/www/Theorists/Essays/Wallerstein1.htm
Historical Comparison of
context dependency and
world-system