What factors other than globalization have also contributed

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The clearest path to high marks will be for you to devote the page space noted below to each sub question, and then answer the general question in the introductory and concluding paragraphs. The "sub questions" are designed to guide you to a complete answer to the more general question by helping you get the facts straight. Use the intro and conclusion to answer the general question by summarizing the answers you provide for the sub-questions.

You must cite the readings and lecture materials listed at the end of this document, where appropriate, including one of the two new readings that are posted in the Modules section of the course website (Exam 1 Readings).

Question: What is the relationship between globalization and deindustrialization in the global North and industrialization in the global South? What other factors matter for deindustrialization/ industrialization, and how important are they? (1200 words)

In answering this question, address the following issues:

I. Which zone of the world-system is the most industrialized, on average? How has this changed over time, if at all? (50 words)

Alderson, Arthur S. 1999. "Explaining Deindustrialization: Globalization,Failure or Success?American Sociological Review64(5): 701-724.

Mahutga, Matthew C. 2024b. "Lecture 2_Political Economy, World-SystemStructure and Economic History." Lecture, World-Systems andGlobalization.

_______. 2024c. "The Globalization of Production and Industrialization"Lecture, World-Systems and Globalization.

II. If you had to predict the kinds of manufacturing activities in which core countries should deindustrialize over time, what would they be and why would you make your prediction? (250 words)

III. If you had to predict the kinds of manufacturing activities in which semi-peripheral and peripheral countries would industrialize over time, what would they be and why would you make these predictions? (250 words)

Mahutga, Matthew C. 2024c. "The Globalization of Production and Industrialization" Lecture, World-Systems and Globalization.

Thun, Eric. 2008. "The Globalization of Production." P 346-372 in John Ravenhill (Ed), GlobalPolitical Economy, 2nd Ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Freeman, Richard. 2006. "The Great Doubling: Labor in the New Global Economy" Lecture, OffshoreOutsourcing Conference, Mount Holyoke College, screened in World-Systems andGlobalization

IV. What factors other than globalization have also contributed to the decline of manufacturing in these countries? (250 words)

Alderson, Arthur S. 1999. "Explaining Deindustrialization: Globalization, Failure or Success?"American Sociological Review64(5): 701-724.

Mahutga, Matthew C. 2024c. "The Globalization of Production and Industrialization" Lecture, World-Systems and Globalization.

V. Given your answers to points (I) - (IV), what does the relationship between globalization and industrialization / deindustrialization suggest about future employment patterns for countries in each world-system position? (100 words)

Alderson, Arthur S. 1999. "Explaining Deindustrialization: Globalization, Failure or Success?"AmericanSociological Review64(5): 701-724.

Mahutga, Matthew C. 2024c. "The Globalization of Production and Industrialization" Lecture, World-Systems and Globalization

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