Immanuel Wallerstein's World-Systems Theory (ft. Charles Lemert)

Listen to this episode from The Sociology of Everything Podcast on Spotify. In this episode, Eric Hsu and Louis Everuss explore Immanuel Wallerstein's influential and innovative approach to theorizing inequalities at a global level, which regards capitalism as a 'world-system' that is directly linked with colonialism. They also welcome onto the program a guest who you can either thank or blame for Eric having an academic career in sociology, Emeritus Professor Charles Lemert. Having previously co-authored a work with Wallerstein, Charles tells Eric and Louis what they got wrong about Wallerstein's insights about the capitalist world-system. Music and sound effects for this episode comes from various sources and is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License or is covered by a SFX (Multi-Use) License. Tracks include:https://freesound.org/people/Tuben/sounds/272044/https://freesound.org/people/plasterbrain/sounds/273159/https://freesound.org/people/bevibeldesign/sounds/350428/https://freesound.org/people/colorsCrimsonTears/sounds/562296/https://freesound.org/people/Vannipat/sounds/415511/The opinions expressed in the Sociology of Everything podcast are that of the hosts and/or guest speakers. They do not reflect the opinions of anyone else at UniSA or the institution at large.The Sociology of Everything podcast | www.sociologypodcast.com