‘Assess the advantages and disadvantages of using the World Systems Theory to study politics and international relations.’

In this paper, you will need to:

1. Address metatheory

2. Engage with key thinkers who have developed the approach.

3. Describe the broad ideas and key concepts of the approach.

4. Give examples of the application of the approach by established academics.

5. Contrast the World Systems Theory with one other theoretical approach

6. Assess the advantages and disadvantages of using the World Systems theory to study politics and international relations.

This paper will be focused on the World Systems theory, try to be descriptive as well as explanatory…

I will add a guidance word doc which will give more details

I will also add background info for Marxism/World-Systems theory. Please do not copy this as it is pulled from the lecture slides/ but it will help you get a gist of what needs to be said for some of the points in which you need to explore.

Give an introduction that is to the point/ please use topic sentences in each paragraph in the main body and then conclude. Add a bibliography at the end.

I have attached some secondary sources that will help you when writing this essay. I would suggest for neo-realism, Kenneth Waltz – when you compare and contrast with World Systems you pull a secondary source in.

Please feel free to message me if you have any problems… I hope I have explained this well if not I can give more details.