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Dependency theory

Dependency theory is the idea that resources flow from a "periphery" of poor and exploited states to a "core" of wealthy states, enriching the latter at the expense of the former. A central contention of dependency theory is that poor states are impoverished and rich ones enriched by the way poor states are integrated into the "world system". This theory…

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related to Further reading · 218
Dependency theory → Adrianna Amado, Africa, Africa Development, African Journal, African Underdevelopment, Akinpelu, Ali, Amadi, American Journal, Amin, An Assessment, An Essay, Ana, Andrade, Andre Gunder Frank, André Gunder Frank, Andrés Rivarola, Appelqvist, Archived, Arias
related to history · 40
Dependency theory → Africa, American Marxist, Andre Gunder Frank, Aníbal Pinto, Argentine, Baran, Celso Furtado, CEPAL, Dependency, ECLAC, European, Growth, Guyanese Marxist, Hans Singer, He, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, ISI, Latin America, Latin American, Latin American Structuralist
related to Other theorists and related theories · 30
Dependency theory → Annales School, Arab, Armando Cordova, Egyptian, Enzo Faletto, Ernest Feder, François Perroux, Herb Addo, Immanuel Wallerstein, Keith Griffin, Kunibert Raffer, Kurt Rothschild, Latin America, Many, Marx, Marxist, Osvaldo Sunkel, Other, Pablo González Casanova, Paul Israel Singer
related to Criticism · 17
Dependency theory → Egypt, Furthermore, However, In Africa, India, India's, Indian, Meanwhile, Pakistan, Prabhat Patnaik, Sajid Iqbal, South Africa, The, This, Tunisia, Utsa Patnaik, Zimbabwe
related to Aid dependency · 6
Dependency theory → Africa, Aid, Many, More, The, This
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Dependency theory → Poor, The, This, Wealthy
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Dependency theory → idea that resources flow from a

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dependency theory development countries developed aid economic political latin economy foreign nations world international periphery growth economics africa american america

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and closer integration into the world marketinstance ofby various means0.80text
Britaininstance ofEuropean nations0.80text
France colonized other nationsinstance ofEuropean nations0.80text
using advantages in navalinstance ofEuropean nations0.80text
military technology for conquestinstance ofEuropean nations0.80text
the United Statesinstance ofOther scholars argue that some nations0.80text
China still wield global powerinstance ofOther scholars argue that some nations0.80text
which forces smaller nations to rely on them for military aidinstance ofOther scholars argue that some nations0.80text
economic investmentsinstance ofOther scholars argue that some nations0.80text

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