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The United States and the Lesser Developed Countries (LDC’s) can be said to have a give and take relationship. The LDC’s give and the United States takes. In the World Systems Theory by Wallerstein, this is an example of a core country that takes from peripheral countries. The core countries are the richest, most developed countries in the world. After these in World systems theory come the semi-peripheral countries. These are countries that …

…functional in the West for a woman to show her face and her ankles as she goes to work, but this may not hold true for other countries. The core needs to realize that the peripheral and semi-peripheral nations will only develop if they are allowed by the core to do so. The core also needs to recognize that a nation does not necessarily need to Westernize to function in the world system. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**