{"id":1441,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/explain-the-central-tenets-of-the-world-systems-theory-upsc-psir-2024-3108\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:24:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:54:42","slug":"explain-the-central-tenets-of-the-world-systems-theory-upsc-psir-2024-3108","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/explain-the-central-tenets-of-the-world-systems-theory-upsc-psir-2024-3108\/","title":{"rendered":"Explain the central tenets of the World-Systems Theory."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> global inequality is structural, not a gap between isolated nations <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> one capitalist world-economy since the sixteenth century<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Wallerstein<\/b>\u2019s single social system <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> global division of labour <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> unequal distribution of wealth and power<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>single world-system <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> core \/ periphery \/ semi-periphery (buffer, political &gt; economic) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> unequal exchange, surplus periphery <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> core, capital accumulation <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> core\u2019s wealth <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2194<\/span> periphery\u2019s underdevelopment <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Frank<\/b>\u2019s development of underdevelopment <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> historical capitalism: positions shift, hierarchy persists <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> states as variables <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> imperialism + temporary hegemony<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>charges of determinism and Eurocentrism<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> concede determinism \/ Eurocentrism <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> still a sharp lens on Africa and Latin America<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> hierarchy persists under global capitalism <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> theory keeps explaining the periphery\u2019s continued poverty<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[30],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[74],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1441","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-30","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-approaches-to-the-study-of-international-relations","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4853,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1441\/revisions\/4853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1441"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1441"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1441"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}