KnowraCore–periphery modelLinked fromLinked fromThe 8 pages that link to Core–periphery model, each with the reason it gives.All 8Broader topic 2Related 4Narrower topic 1Compared with 1World-systems theoryRelated: It captures the spatial hierarchy that world-systems theory expands into a global historical system.Dependency theoryRelated: It maps the unequal global positions that dependency theory uses to explain persistent poverty.Regional inequalityBroader topic: It describes how economic activity and decision-making become concentrated in regional cores.North–South divideCompared with: It maps economic power through relationships rather than a North–South binary.Primate cityNarrower topic: It places urban primacy within broader patterns of national economic concentration.Development geographyRelated: It describes how development can reinforce regional dependence and concentrated growth.HinterlandRelated: Port-centered trade can reinforce a core’s control over its inland periphery.Paul KrugmanBroader topic: Krugman’s model made the self-reinforcing formation of industrial centers analytically tractable.