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1. Know what the world system is, who coined the term, how it originated, and its constituent parts. |
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2. Understand why the Industrial Revolution started in Britain and not France. |
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3. Know how industrialization led to social stratification in western Europe. You should also know how Marx and Weber differed in their analysis of stratification systems associated with industrialization. |
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4. Understand how the world system operates to create poverty in its periphery and how the periphery has responded. In particular, you need to be familiar with Ong’s case study of resistance among Malaysian factory women. |
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5. Be able to identify the differences between open and closed class systems. |
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6. Understand how the world system operates today. In particular you need to know what the major forces influencing cultural interaction have been for the past 500 years. You also need to know how the world system and industrialism have expanded at the expense of the Third World, traditional societies, and indigenous communities. |