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| An individual's internalization of the set of beliefs and values expressing love, pride, and identification with a given nation-state. |
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| The belief of certain Protestants, especially Calvinists, that hard work is a Christian duty that builds moral character. |
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| A country that occupies a central position on the world stage, such as the advanced industrial societies of North, Western Europe, and Japan. |
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| A country that has a marginal role in the world economy and is dependent on core countries in its trading relationships. |
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| A group of states under a single government. |
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| Regular payment of money or goods from a subjugated nation-state to the conqueror nation. At times, this payment is for protection or in lieu of being subjugated. |
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| The transfer of public services from government control to private enterprise. Examples in the US include military services and security, education, and prisons. |
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| The confiscation of property or labour from an individual. |
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| A country often in the initial stages of industrialization that contain some manufacturing in those industries that core countries no longer find profitable. |
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| A government’s measure of those who are not working but are actively seeking work. |
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| Government aid (in the form of services and money) to the poor. |
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| Historically, the merchant class in feudal societies. Today, the term is often used as a synonym for the middle class. |
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| A Marxist term for the class of industrial workers who have nothing to sell on the free market except their labour. |
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| Systematic global inequalities between nation-states that are determined by a nation-state's position in the capitalist world-system. |
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| The predominant political, economic, or social influence of a nation-state over others. |
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| A social class of industrial societies broadly composed of people involved in manual occupations. Many of these jobs are unskilled and poorly paid and provide few benefits and little job security. |
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| Pertaining to non-manual occupations such as administrative or professional jobs. |
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