Is the World-System Approach Just a Global Perspective? The Connection Between Global and Regional Developments in Pre-Industrial France
Journal of World-Systems Research
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Is the World-System Approach Just a Global Perspective? The Connection Between Global and Regional Developments in Pre-Industrial France
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Terlouw, Kees
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France is the only state who always belonged to the core of the world-system and never attained hegemony, nor declined into the semi-periphery. This paper focuses on the reasons for this relatively stable position in the pre-industrial world-system. Crucial is France's size and fragmented regional structure. These constraints prevented France from building on its favorable position at the inception of the world-system. France's development within the world-system was further retarded by the shift in the center of gravity and mode of transportation of the world-system. This interplay between general processes, at the level of the entire world-system, and the specific regional structure within France, demonstrates how the general processes of the world-system can be linked to the specific situation in a given country.
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
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1995-08-25
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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application/pdf
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http://jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/jwsr/article/view/45
10.5195/jwsr.1995.45 |
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Journal of World-Systems Research; Volume 1, Issue 1, 1995; 497-511
1076-156X |
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eng
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http://jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/jwsr/article/view/45/57
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Rights |
Copyright (c) 2015 Kees Terlouw
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
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