GEOG 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Dependency Theory, Why Nations Fail, Structural Adjustment
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Drain theory: robbed of autonomy in a way which is not good for them, negative consequences. Disadvantage is development possibilities of these countries. From first world: development era was all about catching up, implicit idea is. Third world perspective: linkages to these countries are a disadvantage, that development is mutually beneficial undermining development possibilities. Once you"re in the third world, you"re stuck because you"re systematically. There will always be some countries that will be disadvantaged but that doesn"t mean some countries futures are fixed. Example: china being more core, influential shaper. After second world war, moved from us to ghana. See quote: boycott exports from exploiting world, live simply. Argument that race was an important part of this process. Many of third world countries occupied by white, racial inadequacy always piled on top of political and economic forces at play. From prespective of those propagating development: emancipate women.
