Practice question · Multiple choice
Rostow’s stages and Wallerstein’s core-periphery model explain the same income gaps. What is the substantive disagreement between them?
Hints
- Ask what each model implies should be DONE.
- Is the periphery early on a path, or held in place?
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B. Whether poverty is a stage passed through or a position produced
Why
The models differ on causation, so they differ on policy. Stages imply patience and imitation; world-systems implies the relationship itself is the problem.
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