MTRO 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Primate City, Kleptocracy, Indus River
4 Dec 2017
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World-system a system of connections between countries that creates interdependence through political and economic competition. Core regions regions that dominate trade, accumulate wealth, and have advanced, diversified economies. Peripheral regions regions that are underdeveloped, lose wealth, and have low levels of productivity. Semi-peripheral regions regions that exploit peripheral regions, but are themselves exploited by core regions. External regions regions that have not been absorbed into the world-system. East/west divide a division between communist and noncommunist states. North/south divide a division between the colonizing and formerly colonized states. Decolonization the process of colonized people gaining control over their own territory. Development the process in which a region"s economy changes to increase overall prosperity. Uneven development the geographical outcome of development under capitalism that leads to development in one place and underdevelopment in another. Underdevelopment the denial of development to certain regions, often through active disinvestment in that region.
