World-systems theory 世界体系理论
（重定向自World System Theory）
![A representation of the organic or stable regions of the core, periphery, and semiperiphery between 1975–2002. Countries depicted are those which were consistently classified in a particular zone throughout the 27-year period. Salvatore J. Babones,](/Images/godic/202502/21/Core,_periphery,_and_semiperiphery,_1975_-_2002._2940.png")
![The 13th century world-system](/Images/godic/202502/21/Archaic_globalization.svg2940.png")
![Dutch fluyts of the seventeenth Century](/Images/godic/202502/21/Fleuten_16472940.jpg")
![The 11th century world system](/Images/godic/202502/21/Silk_route_copy2940.jpg")
World-systems theory (also known as world-systems analysis or the world-systems perspective), a multidisciplinary, macro-scale approach to world history and social change, emphasizes the world-system (and not nation states) as the primary (but not exclusive) unit of social analysis.