GG102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Neocolonialism, Staples Thesis, Digital Divide
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An independent system of countries linked by economic and political competition. Regions of the world not yet absorbed into the modern world system. Regions that dominate trade, control the most advanced technologies and have high levels of productivity within diversified economies. The establishment and maintenance of political and legal domination by a state over a separate society. Regions with dependent and disadvantageous trading relationships, obsolete technologies and undeveloped or narrowly specialized economies with low levels of productivity. Regions that are able to exploit peripheral regions but are themselves exploited and dominated by core regions. A system with a single cultural base and a reciprocal social economy. Mini-systems that have been absorbed into a common political system while retaining their fundamental cultural differences. The tendency for productivity to decline after a certain point with the continued application of capital or labour or both to a given resource base. The sphere of economic influence of a town or city.
