Re: RE: Re: core vs. periphery

2002-07-08 Thread Carrol Cox
> "Devine, James" wrote: > > > > > > I should mention that I am far from being a hard-core Wallersteinian > (especially since I don't read his stuff very often). In some ways, > the core/periphery distinction is useful, while in some ways it's not: > the model doesn't seem to allow for the f

RE: Re: core vs. periphery

2002-07-08 Thread Devine, James
Title: RE: [PEN-L:27729] Re: core vs. periphery   > Ulhas writes:>>There is no undiffrentiated mass of nations called the Third World. I wrote:  >>Of course. What's constant amongst these countries, though, is the relationship between the center and the periphery, the relationship of domina

Re: Re: core vs. periphery

2002-07-08 Thread Romain Kroes
> Everyone knows that the US balance of > payment deficit an engine of growth on the Asia-Pacific region and China is > biggest beneficiary there. What domination/subordination model is involved > here? > > Ulhas - US trade balance deficit means that the USA pays only 75% of its importations. The

Re: Re: core vs. periphery

2002-07-08 Thread Louis Proyect
Ulhas: >1. How does one know this without having studied in depth each social >formation in the periphery so-called? Good point. That is why read over 2000 pages on Argentina in order to prepare a series of posts. In general, there is far too much blather on the internet about such questions, eve

RE: Re: core vs. periphery

2002-07-07 Thread Devine, James
Title: RE: [PEN-L:27713] Re: core vs. periphery Ulhas writes:>There is no undiffrentiated mass of nations called the Third World. < Of course. What's constant amongst these countries, though, is the relationship between the center and the periphery, the relationship of domination and subordi