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Contemporary nations of the semiperiphery are industrialized. Semi-periphery countries are major exporters of minerals and agricultural goods. They major in manufacturing and also export industrial goods and commodities. However, they lack the power and the economic dominance of core nations and still have a lot of unmanaged poverty. They tend to be bigger in land mass, like for example [[China]], because more landmass generally means a bigger market. |
Contemporary nations of the semiperiphery are industrialized. Semi-periphery countries are major exporters of minerals and agricultural goods. They major in manufacturing and also export industrial goods and commodities. However, they lack the power and the economic dominance of core nations and still have a lot of unmanaged poverty. They tend to be bigger in land mass, like for example [[China]], because more landmass generally means a bigger market. |
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==Functions of the Semi-Periphery== |
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The semi periphery is needed to stabilize the system. It absorbs the shock between the low-income [[periphery]] states and the high-income [[core]] states. They act as a political buffer. Some of these areas had been core-areas of earlier versions of a given world-economy. Some had been peripheral areas that were later promoted, so to speak, as a result of the changing geopolitics of an expanding world-economy.<ref>Immanuel Wallerstein, The Modern World-System: Capitalist Agriculture and the Origins of the European World-Economy in the Sixteenth Century. New York: Academic Press, 1976</ref> |
The semi periphery is needed to stabilize the system. It absorbs the shock between the low-income [[periphery]] states and the high-income [[core]] states. They act as a political buffer. Some of these areas had been core-areas of earlier versions of a given world-economy. Some had been peripheral areas that were later promoted, so to speak, as a result of the changing geopolitics of an expanding world-economy.<ref>Immanuel Wallerstein, The Modern World-System: Capitalist Agriculture and the Origins of the European World-Economy in the Sixteenth Century. New York: Academic Press, 1976</ref> |
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Semi-periphery nations are a necessary structural element in a world-trade system. They serve to let off the steam of the global political system. The semi-periphery can serve to the political pressures that the core can exert upon the periphery, and the political unrest that the periphery can direct back at the core. On the other hand, the semi-periphery can find itself excluded from the political systems, as it lies just outside of the bounds of political arena of the core states.<ref>Immanuel Wallerstein, The Modern World-System: Capitalist Agriculture and the Origins of the European World-Economy in the Sixteenth Century. New York: Academic Press, 1976</ref> |
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==Origin of the Semi periphery in Sociological Theory== |
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World-systems theorists originally used only the two categories - [[periphery countries]] and [[core countries]], but a need for "in between" category became quickly apparent. Hence the semi-periphery category was introduced for societies that moved away from the periphery but have not became core, in other words, societies that remained dependent, and to some extent underdeveloped, despite having achieved significant levels of industrialization. |
World-systems theorists originally used only the two categories - [[periphery countries]] and [[core countries]], but a need for "in between" category became quickly apparent. Hence the semi-periphery category was introduced for societies that moved away from the periphery but have not became core, in other words, societies that remained dependent, and to some extent underdeveloped, despite having achieved significant levels of industrialization. |
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Examples of semi-periphery countries |
==Examples of semi-periphery countries== |
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*[[Brazil]] |
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*[[China]] |
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*[[India]] |
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*[[Malaysia]] |
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*[[Poland]] |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
Revision as of 21:34, 1 November 2009
In world-systems theory, the semi-periphery countries (sometimes referred to as just the semiperiphery) are the industrializing, mostly capitalist countries which are in the process of transforming from the periphery countries into core countries.
Contemporary nations of the semiperiphery are industrialized. Semi-periphery countries are major exporters of minerals and agricultural goods. They major in manufacturing and also export industrial goods and commodities. However, they lack the power and the economic dominance of core nations and still have a lot of unmanaged poverty. They tend to be bigger in land mass, like for example China, because more landmass generally means a bigger market.
Functions of the Semi-Periphery
The semi periphery is needed to stabilize the system. It absorbs the shock between the low-income periphery states and the high-income core states. They act as a political buffer. Some of these areas had been core-areas of earlier versions of a given world-economy. Some had been peripheral areas that were later promoted, so to speak, as a result of the changing geopolitics of an expanding world-economy.[1]
Semi-periphery nations are a necessary structural element in a world-trade system. They serve to let off the steam of the global political system. The semi-periphery can serve to the political pressures that the core can exert upon the periphery, and the political unrest that the periphery can direct back at the core. On the other hand, the semi-periphery can find itself excluded from the political systems, as it lies just outside of the bounds of political arena of the core states.[2]
Origin of the Semi periphery in Sociological Theory
World-systems theorists originally used only the two categories - periphery countries and core countries, but a need for "in between" category became quickly apparent. Hence the semi-periphery category was introduced for societies that moved away from the periphery but have not became core, in other words, societies that remained dependent, and to some extent underdeveloped, despite having achieved significant levels of industrialization.
Examples of semi-periphery countries
See also
Further reading
- Kaplan, David H.; Wheeler, James O.; Holloway, James O. Urban Geography. York, PA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2004., pg. 412.
- Windows on Humanity by Conrad Phillip KOTTAK. Chapter 17, page 390.