Latin American dependency theory

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Latin American dependency theory is a critical approach in development studies that explains underdevelopment in Latin America as a structural consequence of its subordinate, dependent relationship to wealthy industrialized countries within the global capitalist system.

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instanceOf Latin American social thought
critical theory of development
dependency theory
development theory
social theory
associatedWithConcept import substitution industrialization
satellite–metropolis relations
super-exploitation of labor
world capitalist system
associatedWithInstitution United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean NERFINISHED
contrastsWith export-led growth orthodoxy
critiques liberal development economics
modernization theory
neoclassical trade theory
developedIn Latin America NERFINISHED
developedInPeriod 1960s
1970s
fieldOfStudy Latin American studies NERFINISHED
development studies
political economy
sociology
hasLegacyIn critical globalization studies
postcolonial development studies
world-systems theory
hasMainClaim development and underdevelopment are interconnected processes between core and periphery
integration into the world market can deepen underdevelopment
internal class structures in Latin America are linked to external dependency
underdevelopment in Latin America is structurally produced by its dependent position in the world capitalist system
wealthy industrialized countries benefit from and reproduce Latin American underdevelopment
hasMainConcept center–periphery relations
dependency
development of underdevelopment
external constraint on development
structural inequality
underdevelopment
unequal exchange
hasNotableProponent Andre Gunder Frank NERFINISHED
Celso Furtado NERFINISHED
Enzo Faletto NERFINISHED
Fernando Henrique Cardoso NERFINISHED
Raúl Prebisch NERFINISHED
Ruy Mauro Marini NERFINISHED
Samir Amin NERFINISHED
Theotonio dos Santos NERFINISHED
influencedBy ECLAC structuralist economics
Marxism NERFINISHED
Raúl Prebisch’s center–periphery model
structuralism
proposes reduction of external dependence
regional integration among peripheral countries
state-led development strategies

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Dependency and Development in Latin America influenced Latin American dependency theory