Core-Periphery Model

Abstract: Core-periphery imbalances and regional disparities figure prominently on the agenda of several disciplines, which result from their enormous impact on economic and social development around the world. In sociology, international relations, and economics, this concept is crucial in explanations of economic exchange. There are few countries that play a dominant role in world trade (sometimes described as the "Global North"), while most countries have a secondary or even a tertiary position in world trade (the "Global South"). Moreover, when we are discussing global, continental, regional, and national economies, we can present regions and even smaller territorial units (such as subregions, provinces, districts, or counties) which have higher wages than some underdeveloped areas within the same larger area in focus. Such regional inequalities and injustices are the main themes of the core-periphery model, which focuses on tendencies of economic activities to concentrate around some pi

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• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Preprint ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: Romaniuk, Scott (Hg.), Thapa, Manish (Hg.), Marton, Péter (Hg.): The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Global Security Studies. 2019. ISBN 978-3-319-74336-3

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (who): SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
• (when): 2019
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Cham
• (who): Palgrave Macmillan
• (when): 2019
• Creator: Klimczuk, Andrzej ; Klimczuk-Kochańska, Magdalena
• Contributor: Romaniuk, Scott ; Thapa, Manish ; Marton, Péter

Further information

• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-74336-3_320-1
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-72027-4
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.