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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"World systems theory"”.
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A constant in an ever-changing world: Washington's pursuit of its interests through regime change after 1989
… support for the Marxist and World-Systems Theory perspectives. The elaboration of the various ontological and epistemological assumptions that critical realism shares with the Marxist and World Systems Theory outlooks takes on is significant given that these outlooks served as …
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Analyzing Thabo Mbeki's policy of 'quiet diplomacy' in the Zimbabwean crisis
… and in particular Immanuel Wallerstein's World Systems Theory to characterise South Africa as a prototypical semi-peripheral state, with a dual-contradictory role in international relations. It argues that post- apartheid South Africa's failure to make genuine progress in terms primarily …
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Keeping Up Appearances: Cosmetics in Sulphur, Nevada
… gender and identity. In the context of gender theory and world systems theory, cosmetics provide insight into how Sulphur residents responded to and connected with the larger world. The cosmetics discovered at Sulphur demonstrate that Sulphur residents were aware of and participated with the …
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The Relations of Terror and Immigration: Preventive Solutions
… been impacted by its global regulating. Using World Systems Theory, I propose the U.S. will find more preventive solutions to immigration and terrorism if it allows a theory of connections to influence its international policy.
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A chipped stone characterization of Ghwair I: A Neolithic village in southern Jordan
… (the 'core/periphery' model in Wallerstein's World Systems Theory: 1974) is refuted, at least in regards to chipped stone, by its standard distribution of chipped stone and lack of workshop or production areas.
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Mao in the Mines: An Anti-Systemic View of New Communist Movement Activity in the Appalachian Coalfields, 1962-1978
This thesis deploys world-systems theory to analyze two series of mid-twentieth century wildcat strikes in the Appalachian coalfields: the Eastern Kentucky-based Roving Picket Movement of 1962-1963 and a separate set of unauthorized strikes throughout the region that lasted from 1974-1978, with a …
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Colonial Theology: John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Charles Darwin and the Emergence of the Colonial-Capitalist World System, 1500-1900
… in the constitution of the colonial-capitalist world system from the fifteenth century to the nineteenth century. World systems and postcolonial approaches to colonial expansion have often reduced questions of theology to a discursive feature of producing difference through the binary frame of …
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Researchers’ experiences on collaborative research: The case of the University of Namibia and Namibia Commission on Research, Science and Technology
… to identify themes. The study adopted dependency theory and world-systems theory as guiding theoretical frameworks, in that both theories provide the understanding of researchers in the peripheral space(s) like the case of UNAM and NCRST where research funding, technological and scientific …
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Foreign Investment in African Resources: The Ecological Aspect to Imperialism and Unequal Exchange
… imperialism and ecologically unequal exchange theory (EUE). Pulling from Marxist ecology, critical political ecology, and an environmental reading of Polanyi, this dissertation seeks to theoretically deepen and clarify the concept of `ecological imperialism.' It posits that the wave of …
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A Reassessment of the Excavations at Tall Safut
… the theories of great and little traditions and world-systems theory. The great and little traditions analysis emphasized ritual and agriculture at Safut while world-systems theory focused on Safut's role in the Kingdom of Ammon on the periphery of Assyrian Empire.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>In-depth …
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Natural Resource Revolutions: Mexico and Cuba Within the Sphere of U.S. Hegemony
… dissertation incorporates Immanuel Wallersteins World Systems Theory, which provides a perspective on the development of imperialism and the rise of neoliberal free-market capitalism through an examination of the developmental processes of former dependent and colonial territories. Additionally, …
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Vihreä ekstraktivismi osana uuskolonialismia: maailmanjärjestelmäteoreettinen katsaus vihreään siirtymään
Tutkielmassani tarkastelen, miten ekstraktivismi eli luonnonvarojen intensiivinen vieminen, erityisesti vihreän siirtymän tarpeisiin toimii keinona toteuttaa uuskolonialistista hallintaa globaalia etelää kohtaan. Tarkastelu etenee ekstraktivismista sen rinnalle kehittyneeseen vihreään …
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Settlement History and Interaction in the Manialtepec Basin of Oaxaca's Central Coast
As the focus of over 70 years* of archaeological research, Oaxaca, Mexico, is one of Mesoamerica*s best understood regions. Yet, despite the volume of work in Oaxaca, information about one of its key resource areas, the central Pacific coast, remains limited. Specifically, the ambiguous role of …