Dependency Theory

Question 1

Dependency theory originated from?

Answer 1

Latin America

Question 2

What are the GENERAL ASSUMPTIONS OF DEPENDENCY THEORISTS

Answer 2

1. REJECTION OF THE CLAIMS THAT THIRD WORLD COUUNTRIES COULD FOLLOW THE SAME PATH OF DEVELOPMENT AS WESTERN NATIONS HAD BECAUSE THE ADVANCED OR INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES CHANGED THE LANDSCAPE FOR THOSE THAT FOLLOWED THEM
2. THE UNDERDEVELOPMENT OF THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES IS AS A RESULT OF THE DEPENDENCE ON THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES WHO EXPLOIT THEM AND THEIR RESOURCES
3. IF THESE UNEQUAL AND EXPLOITATIVE RELATIONSHIP CONTINUE, THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES WILL REMAIN POOR AND UNDERDEVELOPED
4. THEY RECOMMEND THAT THIRD WORLD NATIONS SHOULD BEAK AWAY THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

Question 3

A MAJOR PROPONENT OF DEPENDENCY THEORY IS ?. HE DEVELOPED THE CONCEPT OF ?

Answer 3

ANDRE GUNDER FRANK.

HE DEVELOPED THE CONCEPT OF SATELLITE-METROPOLE ANALYSIS

Question 4

GUNDER FRANK OBSERVED THAT THE SATELLITES (3RD WORLD COUNTRIES) SERVE AS ?FOR THE METROPOLES (DEVELOPED COUNTRIES)

Answer 4

ENGINE OF DEVELOPMENT

Question 5

MAJOR CRITICISM OF DEPENDENCY THEORY?

Answer 5

DEPENDENCY THEORY IGNORED THE INTERNAL FACTORS THAT MAY PLAY CRITICAL ROLE IN HINDERING DEVELOPMENT. FOR EXAMPLE, BAD LEADERSHIP, CORRUPTION, AND WRONG VALUES

IN REALITY, WE HAVE SEEN SOME THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES ADVANCE IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT. EXAMPLES INCLUDE INDIA, BRAZIL, SOUTH KOREA, MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE, CHINA, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ETC