FAZERUG1981GO FAZERUG1981GO Advanced Placement (AP) Answered A limitation of Wallerstein's Theory is that it locks many countries into a stage where it is difficult to advance from the periphery to the core it does not allow for periphery countries to join supranational organizations it is based on the dependency theory it is a model that attempts to explain global economic interactions the model only takes into account the economic concerns of semi-periphery countries