12 MISSING THE POST(MODERN): CORES, PERIPHERIES AND GLOBALISATION
Lelia Green
Is it possible to identify the town square at the heart of the global village? In a networked world is there still a core and the periphery—or are all places equally enmeshed and interdependent?
Core/periphery theory suggests a usefulness, within each particular sphere, for distinctions of have and have-not. It addresses the issue that nations, communities, individuals are linked by relationships of power and dependency which vary according to the specific circumstances of the situation considered. I will be arguing that core/periphery theory is best related to aspects of our life which might be called ‘modern’ (with a specific usage of that word) and industrial. ...
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