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A world map of countries by trading status in late 20th century using the world system differentiation into core countries (blue), semi-periphery countries (yellow) and periphery countries (red), based on the list in Dunn, Kawano, Brewer (2000) World trade map.PNG
A world map of countries by trading status in late 20th century using the world system differentiation into core countries (blue), semi-periphery countries (yellow) and periphery countries (red), based on the list in Dunn, Kawano, Brewer (2000)
Developed countries are shown in blue (according to the International Monetary Fund, as of 2008). IMF advanced UN least developed.svg
Developed countries are shown in blue (according to the International Monetary Fund, as of 2008).

In world systems theory, the core countries are the industrialized capitalist or imperialist countries, which depend on appropriation from peripheral countries and semi-peripheral countries. [1] Core countries control and benefit from the global market. They are usually recognized as wealthy states with a wide variety of resources and are in a favorable location compared to other states. They have strong state institutions, a powerful military and powerful global political alliances.

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Core countries do not always stay core permanently. Throughout history, core states have been changing, and new ones have been added to the core list. The most influential countries in the past have been what would be considered core.[ clarification needed ] These were the Asian, Indian and Middle Eastern empires in the ages up to the 16th century; prominently India and China which were the richest regions in the world until the European powers took the lead, although the major Asian powers such as China were still very influential in the region. Europe remained ahead of the pack until the 20th century, when the two World Wars were disastrous for the European economies. It was then that the victorious United States and Soviet Union, up to late 1980s, became the two hegemons, creating a bipolar world order. The heart of the core countries[ clarification needed ] consists of the United States, Canada, most of Western Europe, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. The population of the core is on average by far the wealthiest and best educated on the planet.

Definition

Core countries control and profit the most from the world system, and thus they are the "core" of the world system. These countries can exercise control over other countries or groups of countries by military, economic, and political means.

The United States, Canada, most of Western Europe, Japan, Australia and New Zealand are examples of present core countries that have the most power in the world economic system. [2] Core countries tend to have both strong state machinery[ clarification needed ] and a developed[ clarification needed ] national culture.

Throughout history

Pre–13th century

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Umayyad Caliphate in 750 AD
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The Silk Road extending from Southern Europe through Arabia, Somalia, Egypt, Persia, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Java and Vietnam until it reaches China (land routes are red, water routes are blue)

Before the 13th century, many empires were considered to be "core" states, such as the Persian, Indian, and Roman empires, the Muslim Caliphates, the Chinese and Egyptian dynasties, the various Mesopotamian kingdoms, and so on.

In Asia, the Chinese Empire was considered the "Middle Kingdom" and controlled the region. [3] The two empires communicated and traded through the Silk Route, which takes its name from the extensive trade of Chinese silk. [4]

India until the 13th century, often referred to as Greater India, extended its religious, cultural, and trading influence on vast Asian regions from Iran and Afghanistan to Malaysia, Indonesia and Cambodia. [5] With Buddhism and Hinduism, two of the most followed religions in Asia and the World as a whole, having originated there, India's cultural impact spread throughout Asia. A notable example is China, where Buddhism became the prominent religion. [6] Sanskrit was a prominent scholarly language in all the southeastern kingdoms until the 10th century CE. Angkor Wat in Cambodia, the largest temple complex in the world, was originally a Hindu temple and later transformed into a Buddhist monastery.

13th–15th centuries

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Expansion of the Mongol Empire

Mongol Empire

Pax Mongolica is a particularly important period which started in 1206 and ended, according to contradicting sources, between late 14th and early 15th centuries. The trade during this period took on a truly multi-continental dimension, efficient and safe trade routes were established, and many of the modern rules of trade were emerging. The Mongol Empire was the largest contiguous empire in the history of the world. It stretched from as far east as China all the way to Europe, taking up large parts of Central Asia, Middle East, and India. [7]

Many trade routes went through the Mongol Empire territory, even though they were not the easiest ones to travel, due to the rough Asian terrain. Yet, they attracted many merchants, because these routes were relatively cheap and safe to travel. [8] The Mongols controlled their territories through military force and taxation. In many regions of the Mongol territory, Mongol rule is remembered as brutal and destructive. Yet, some argue that many economic and cultural improvements were made during the Mongol Empire's rule. [9]

Ottoman Empire

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Ottoman territories acquired between 1481 and 1683 (see list of territories)

The Ottoman Empire, which emerged in 1299, quickly became a power to be reckoned with. By 1450, the Ottoman Empire took up the connecting territory between the Black and Mediterranean seas. Despite lasting three times longer than the Mongol Empire, the Ottoman Empire never came to be anywhere near as expansive. [10]

15th–18th centuries

Before the 16th century, feudalism dominated Western European society and pushed Western Europe on the road to capitalist development. Population and commerce grew rapidly within the feudal system in the period 1150–1300. However there was an economic downturn in the period 1300–1450 came about. The feudalism growth[ clarification needed ] had come to an end. [11] According to Wallerstein, "the feudal crisis was most likely brought on by the involvement of the three following factors below:

  1. Agricultural production fell or remained stagnant. This meant that the burden of peasant producers increased as the ruling class expanded.
  2. The economic cycle of the feudal economy had reached its optimum level; afterward, the economy began to shrink.
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    A map of Western Europe
  3. A shift of climatological conditions decreased agricultural productivity and contributed to an increase in epidemics within the population." [11]

The feudal crisis led to the development of the world economic system during the late 15th and early 16th centuries. The most dominant countries in Northwestern Europe were England, France, and the Netherlands (see map of Western Europe on the right). These countries took on the attributes of a core country. They developed a strong central government, bureaucracies, and growing military power. They could then control international commerce and generate profit for themselves. All of western Europe attempted bureaucratization[ clarification needed ], homogenization [ clarification needed ] of the local population, development of a stronger military, and involvement of the country in a vast number of different economic activities. After these attempts to gain "core" status, north-western European states locked in their positions as core states by 1640. England dominated the pack, as Spain and Italy fell to semi-peripheral status. [11]

One factor that helped the core countries dominate other countries was long-distance trade with the Americas and the East.[ citation needed ] This trade produced profits of 200–300%.[ clarification needed ] In order to enter this trade market, countries needed a great amount of capital and state help.[ clarification needed ][ How can a country receive state assistance? ] The smaller countries could not make this happen, and this widened the gap between the "core" and "semi-periphery" countries. These core positions held strong up to and throughout the 18th century, even as the core regions started to produce a mixture of agricultural and industrial goods. At the beginning of the 18th century, manufacture of goods in industrial productions started to take off. Industrial production soon took over the agricultural production[ clarification needed ] up to the year 1900. [11]

18th–early 19th centuries

As states continued to grow technologically, especially through printing journals and newspapers, communication was more widespread. Thus, the global society was united through this force. [12] In order to assure a good life for their citizens, countries needed to rely on trade and on technological advancements, which ultimately determined how well in the world a country stood. [13]

Keeping in mind the interactions of states in this period, John W. Cell notes in his essay entitled "Europe and the World in an Expanding World Economy, 1700—1850", that war and trade were somewhat dependent on each other. States had to defend their ships while also establishing territories elsewhere to ensure successful trade for themselves. [14] By the middle of the 17th century, the "foundations of the modern world system had been laid." [15]

Rise and eventual European hegemony

At the beginning of the 18th century, Europe had not yet dominated in the world economy because its military did not match that of Asia or of the Middle East. However, through organizing its economics and improving technology in industry, European countries took the lead as the most powerful states in the late 18th century and remained in this position until late in the 20th century. [16]

In the 18th century, Asia was making and distributing goods that were valued by other areas, namely cotton, silk and tea. Europe on the other hand, was not producing products of interest to the other parts of the world. [17] Hence, although Europe was wealthy, this dynamic shows that there may be a reversal of power because it was consistently expanding money, yet hardly bringing in currency.[ citation needed ] America's crops were not initially appealing to Europeans. Tobacco's demand had to be advertised, and eventually Europe became interested in this particular plant. In time, there was rather regular trans-Atlantic trade between the Americas and Europe for such crops as tobacco, cotton, and also goods available in South America. [16]

Slave trade

The 18th century was profoundly marked by the profitability of the Atlantic slave trade, which played a significant role in the economic development of contemporary core countries in Europe and the Americas. The widespread exploitation of enslaved Africans in the early 16th century was started by the Portuguese. [18] This practice was embraced by many of today's core countries, such as the United States, United Kingdom, France, and the Netherlands, until the late 19th century.

Slavery existed in Africa prior to Europeans' capitalization on the practice, with Africans sometimes engaging in the sale of enslaved people. [19] However, those enslaved and sold by Africans were usually prisoners of war or criminals, which European trading companies embraced as a convenient supply of human capital. [20] Additionally, chattel slavery, where an enslaved person is considered property, was not a common practice among Africans at the time and peaked due to widespread implementation in the Americas. Because of the explosion of the Atlantic slave trade, many African nations experienced irreparable damage to their economies and societies as a whole. [21] Meanwhile, this trade of humans was incredibly profitable for core countries, with estimates that the United States alone saw over $14 trillion worth of profit from enslaved Africans' labor. [22]

Slavery in History The history of slavery is complex and spans many cultures, nationalities, and religions from ancient times to the present day. Slavery has been found in hunter-gatherer populations and was institutionalized by the time the first civilizations emerged. It was widespread in the ancient world in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, and its victims came from many different ethnicities and religious groups; while this does not condone the actions taken by current core countries in recent history; it is not unique to the current group of Core Countries.

Early 19th century–present

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Map showing the British Empire in 1921

At the beginning of the 19th century, Europe still dominated as the core region of the world. France attempted to obtain European hegemony under the rule of Napoleon Bonaparte. [23]

In 1871, Germany was united and established itselfs as the leading industrial state on the European mainland. [24] Its desire to dominate the mainland helped them to become a core state. After the First World War, Europe was decimated[ clarification needed ], which led to opportunities for new core states. [25] This culminated with the Second World War, when Britain was forced to sacrifice its hegemony, allowing the United States and the Soviet Union to become world superpowers and major cores. [26] The USSR lost its core status following its collapse in 1991. [27]

List of current core countries

The following are core according to Chase-Dunn, Kawano, Brewer (2000). [28]

Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of France.svg  France Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg
Flag of Macau.svg  Macau Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Below is the core listing according to Babones (2005), who notes that this list is composed of countries that "have been consistently classified into a single one of the three zones [core, semi-periphery or periphery] of the world economy over the entire 28-year study period". [29]

Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of France.svg  France Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Sociological theory

The World Systems Theory argues that a state's future is decided by their stance in the global economy. A global capitalistic market demands the needs for wealthy (core) states and poor (periphery) states. Core states benefit from the hierarchical structure of international trade and labor. World systems theory follows the logic that international wars or multinational financial disputes can be explained as attempts to change a location within the global market for a specific state or groups of states; these changes can have the objective to gain more control over the global market (to become a core country), while causing another state to lose control over the world market. As the two groups grew apart in power, world systems theorists to established another group, the semi-periphery, to act as the middle group. [30]

Semi-periphery countries usually surround the core countries both in a physical and fundamental sense. The semi-periphery countries act as the middle men between the core and the periphery countries – by giving the wealthy countries what they receive from the poor countries. The periphery countries are the poorer countries usually specializing in farming and have access natural resources – which the core countries use to profit from. [31]

Key qualifiers

In order for a country to remain a core or to become a core, possible investors must be kept in mind when state's policies are planned. Core countries change with time due to many different factors including changes in geographic favoritism and regional affluence. Alterations in financing plans by companies will also play a part as they change to react to the continuously evolving world market. [32]

In order for a country to be considered a core country nominee, the country must possess an independent, stable government and potential for growth in the global market and advances in technology. Although these three factors will not completely decide where a company chooses to invest – they do play extremely large roles in such decisions. A main key to becoming or remaining a core is determined by the country's government policies to encourage funding from outside. [32]

Main functions

The main function of the core countries is to command and financially benefit from the world system better than the rest of the world. [31] Core countries could also be viewed as the capitalist class while the periphery countries could be viewed as a disordered working class. [33] In a capitalism-driven market, core countries exchange goods with the poor states at an unequal rate greatly in favor of the core countries. [34]

The periphery countries’ purpose is to provide agricultural and natural resources along with the lower division of labor for larger corporations of semi-periphery and core countries. As a result of the lower priced division of labor and natural resources available, the core state's companies buy these products for a relatively low cost and then sell them for much higher. The periphery countries only receive low amounts of money for what they sell and must pay higher prices for anything they buy from outside their own region. Because of this continuous order, periphery countries can never earn enough to cover the costs of their imports while setting aside money to invest in better technologies. Core countries support this pattern by giving loans to the poor regions for specific investments in a raw material or type of agriculture, rather than help such regions establish themselves and balance out the world market. [35]

Effects

A disadvantage to core states is that to remain a member of the core grouping, the government must retain or create new policies that encourage investments to keep in their country and not relocate. [35] This can make it difficult for governments to change regulatory standards that may sacrifice high profits.

An example of a change that capitalism does not favor is the abolition of slavery. During the early industrialization and growth of the American economy, exports produced by slaves played a huge role in making businesses the most profit. [36] Such movements to abolish slavery and spread equality caused an internal war within the United States.

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