Sociology / Unit 6 Soc 0873 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Dependency Theory
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The idea
Dependency theory explains global inequality as a relationship rather than a stage, holding that wealthy nations became wealthy partly through extraction from poorer ones.
In practice
Trade terms and resource ownership set during colonial rule persisted after formal independence.
Where people slip
Per this course's neutrality convention, both theories are presented at their strongest and neither is adjudicated.
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