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This chapter analyzes the current core—periphery divide in the EU. It offers a typology of core, semiperiphery, and periphery drawing on research groups around Giovanni Arrighi. Furthermore it is argued that the core—periphery in a global and European capitalist system dominated by transnational companies is very persistent (‘a ladder without upper rungs’).
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Weissenbacher, R. (2019). Persistent Core–Periphery Divide in the EU. In: The Core-Periphery Divide in the European Union. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28211-0_8
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