World System Theorists Argue That When Countries of the Periphery

question 23

Multiple Choice

World system theorists argue that when countries of the periphery became politically sovereign,or independent,in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries,their ruling elites

• A) cut off all economic ties with the world economy.
• B) cut off all political ties with the world economy.
• C) cut off political and economic ties with the world economy.
• D) maintained close economic ties to the world economy.

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Competitive Equilibrium

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