What role do core nations play in the emergence of political and economic elites in the peripheral nations?
What will be an ideal response?
Through political, economic, and sometimes military intervention, the core nations encourage the emergence of political and economic elites in the peripheral nations that will support and assist in economic expansion of the core. This elite in the peripheral nations benefits from the world system and supports policies that will maintain its role in the world capitalist system.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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