Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ549818
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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A Systems Perspective on World-Systems Theory.
Straussfogel, Debra
Journal of Geography, v96 n2 p119-126 Mar-Apr 1997
Presents a conceptual framework that embeds ideas from world-systems theory within the larger context known as the theory of dissipative structures. This perspective reflects the interconnectedness of individual and separate places into a larger global system that is a single functioning spatial entity. (MJP)
Descriptors: Capitalism, Economic Factors, Educational Trends, Free Enterprise System, Geography, Global Approach, Higher Education, Human Geography, Interdisciplinary Approach, International Trade, Political Divisions (Geographic), Political Power, Political Science, Power Structure, Social Systems, Socioeconomic Influences, Systems Analysis, Systems Approach, World Affairs
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Language: English
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