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They regressed the 118 nations’ economic growth (change in GNP per
capita from 1955 to 1970) onto dummy variables for the set of 10 W-S
block positions, while controlling for 1955 GNP/capita.
Core block C nations had highest net GNP growth rates, about $500
per capita more than others. Although, semi- and peripheral blocks did
not have distinctly different growth rates, they concluded the effects
were “entirely consistent with world-system/dependency theories.”
periphery
core
semiperiph
periphery
Role Equivalence in the W-S
Rossem (1993) argued that Snyder & Kick’s application of structural
equivalence methods misspecified the world system’s role relations,
due to substantial geographic clustering of international relations.
His SNA analyses used five international
networks: imports & exports of economic
goods; major conventional weapons trade;
foreign troop presence; diplomatic ties.
A role equivalence partition uncovered four
W-S structural positions (see next slide).
Core
USA, France, Germany, UK,
Japan, Soviet Union, Canada,
Brazil, China, Saudi Arabia
Semiperiphery
Sweden, India, Egypt, Austria,
Czech, Iran, Pakistan, Mexico, Iraq,
Periphery 1
Poland, Turkey, Greece, Indonesia Venezuela, Denmark, Kenya, Morocco,
Korea, Peru, Cuba, Hungary, Sudan,
Jordan, Israel, Ghana, Zambia,
Panama, Somalia, Haiti, Congo
Imports
Exports
Periphery 2
Diplomatic ties
Singapore, Jamaica, Yemen, Laos,
Arms trade Uganda, Cyprus, Nepal, Mali, Iceland,
Rwanda, Benin, Guyana, Fiji, Belize,
Troops Taiwan, Chad, Grenada, Brunei