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dependency theory en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A set of ideas to explain the inequalities between developed countries and developing countries, originally conceived in the context of Latin America in the 1960s and 1970s, stressing the interdependence of those countries in a capitalist global economy.
   • Dependency theory is a body of ideas about the role of developing countries within the global economic system, about the nature of development, and about patterns of unequal power. It dominated much Latin American social science (including the analysis of the region's international role) in the 1960s and 1970s. 2010, Mark Bevir, editor, Encyclopedia of Political Theory, A–E, SAGE, →ISBN, page 370:
2. (countable, uncountable) A subfield of database theory which studies implication and optimization problems related to logical constraints.

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Deriveds

dependency theorist

Relateds

modernization theory

Translations (2)

es teoría de la dependencia (ideas to explain inqualities) · de Dependenztheorie (ideas to explain inqualities)