Globalization from a World-System Perspective: A New Phase in the Core?A New Destiny for Brazil and the Semiperiphery

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  • Kathleen C. Schwartzman University of Arizona

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/jwsr.2006.368

Abstract

The study of globalization, prominent in all fields of social science, scarcely draws upon the insights generated by the world-systems theory. In this essay, I delineate five key dimensions on which a world-systems approach diverges from a world society approach. When linked together, these five stages offer support for a dependency perspective that was elaborated in the theoretical work underpinning the world-system paradigm. I use the case of Brazil to demonstrate how a consent model, derived from this paradigm, offers a better understanding of the dynamics leading to global convergence than a consensus model derived from a world society paradigm.

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Published

2006-08-26

How to Cite

Schwartzman, K. C. . (2006). Globalization from a World-System Perspective: A New Phase in the Core?A New Destiny for Brazil and the Semiperiphery. Journal of World-Systems Research, 12(2), 265–307. https://doi.org/10.5195/jwsr.2006.368

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General Section