the transition from a stage of agricultural capitalism to a stage of industrial capitalism in the world system. How did this transition change the geographic division of the world into a core, a periphery and a semi periphery? Why did the change in this geographic division occur?
A macro-sociological viewpoint known as "world-system theory" aims to explain the dynamics of the capitalist world economy as a complete social system. The three-level hierarchy of the world system theory, with its core, periphery, and semi-periphery, was developed by Immanuel Wallerstein.
The transition from the geographic division of the world to the division of the world into core, semi-peripheral, and periphery countries occurs to make up a hierarchy that describes how the world's economies are organized. Core nations like the United States, Japan, and Germany are characterized by rapid industrialization and urbanization. Core nations are capital-intensive, have high-tech industrial methods, and have less exploitation and coercion of workers.
Countries depend on core nations for money and are less developed economically and urbanely called peripheral countries. The majority of the African continent and the low-income nations of South America are examples of peripheral countries. Most peripheral nations are rural, have low literacy rates, and have intermittent Internet connectivity.
Countries that are more developed than peripheral countries but less developed than core countries are called semi-peripheral countries. South Korea, Taiwan, Mexico, Nigeria, and South Africa are examples of semi-peripheral countries. They act as a barrier between the core and the periphery.
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