Wallerstein's World Systems Theory: A model dividing the world into core, semi-periphery, and periphery based on economic power and the division of labor.
How to apply it: Use World Systems Theory to explain how core countries extract resources and cheap labor from periphery countries.
Course: AP Human Geography · Unit: Industrial and Economic Development Patterns and Processes
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