Core-periphery theory is based on the notion that as one region or state expands in economic prosperity, it must engulf regions nearby to ensure ongoing economic and political success. The area of high growth becomes known as the core, and the neighboring area is the periphery. Cores and peripheries may be towns, cities, states, or nations. Some day in the future it is likely that entire planets could be considered as cores, semi-peripheries, or peripheres under world-systems theory.

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  • Core-periphery theory is based on the notion that as one region or state expands in economic prosperity, it must engulf regions nearby to ensure ongoing economic and political success. The area of high growth becomes known as the core, and the neighboring area is the periphery. Cores and peripheries may be towns, cities, states, or nations. Some day in the future it is likely that entire planets could be considered as cores, semi-peripheries, or peripheres under world-systems theory. ==Core expansion trends and methods!!! On a simplified scale, when a city grows in popularity, it must expand its borders to continue to supply the population with the standard of living they are used to (eg variety of products, standard of living, etc). Traditionally, the core will first expand to areas of geographic similarity; for instance, a neighboring town may find itself becoming a suburb of the city. When geographic peripheries become exhausted, the core then seeks out peripheries that are culturally similar and share the same language as the core. Only when the core has exhausted all adventageous options of geographic and cultural similarity will it seek to expand to a periphery that is truly foreign. This is because a foreign periphery carries a high risk of not complying with requests from the core. An example of traditional core-periphery theory exhausting regional options and adopting an international scale can be found in the European colonisation of Africa. Core nations, such as England, Germany and France, sought to extract resources in the face of cultural disparity. Because these cultural differences were perceived as quite vast, military presence was necessary to ensure the expansion of these cores into Africa. Whereas peripheries bearing geographic or cultural similarity to the core can often benefit in the long run, through what is known as trickle-down economics, peripheries that have vast cultural differences often lack any negotiation rights in their colonisation. When this happens, trickle-up economics apply, and peripheries watch as their resources drain away towards the core. The more a periphery becomes colonised, the harder it becomes for it to resist the core. The probability of civil or transnational war then starts to slowly approach 1 (certainity). (en)
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  • Core-periphery theory is based on the notion that as one region or state expands in economic prosperity, it must engulf regions nearby to ensure ongoing economic and political success. The area of high growth becomes known as the core, and the neighboring area is the periphery. Cores and peripheries may be towns, cities, states, or nations. Some day in the future it is likely that entire planets could be considered as cores, semi-peripheries, or peripheres under world-systems theory. (en)
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  • Core-periphery (en)
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