POLI 381 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Dependency Theory, Standpoint Feminism, Intertextuality

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 381
• Professor: Gavin Cameron

Document Summary

Post-marxist, post-structuralist, postcolonialist theory are all anti-status quo within ir and all concerned with the role of power inequality in shaping ir. There are major differences between the three. Marxism is a rationalist and structural theory whereas the other two are reflectivist theories that emphasize the role of language within epistemology. International system matters more than individual components. Social world has to be studied in totality. Te(cid:374)sio(cid:374) (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) (cid:862)(cid:373)ea(cid:374)s of p(cid:396)odu(cid:272)tio(cid:374)(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)(cid:396)elatio(cid:374)s of p(cid:396)odu(cid:272)tio(cid:374)(cid:863) i(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:396)eases (cid:449)ith (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ges i(cid:374) (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s of p(cid:396)odu(cid:272)tio(cid:374) that create social changes as well. Class conflict because no harmony of interests exists between classes. Based especially on latin american situation in 1970s. Less developed countries & developed countries depend on one another but the relationship is exploitive & the benefits are unevenly distributed. World capitalism operates both intentionally & unintentionally to ensure that the basis of this relationship remains uneven. De(cid:396)i(cid:448)ed f(cid:396)o(cid:373) le(cid:374)i(cid:374)(cid:859)s (cid:449)o(cid:396)k & that of dependency theory.