GGR267H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Dependency Theory, Corporatization
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We talk about a nation being an imagined community because of how arbitrary the divisions/ boundaries of nations can be sometimes. Partition was the 1947 separation of india and pakistan into. The partition has led to tensions between the two nations and has spilled into conflicts on occasions. Dependency theory is the idea that nations are divided into core" and periphery". Core nations are the developed nations like most of europe and the us while peripheries are the developing nations. Roy uses the truck analogy to show how economic growth/ progress results in divergent realities. The small truck going one way represents the economic elites who make up a minority of the population but enjoy the majority of the gains of economic growth. The large truck on the other hand represents the majority of the indian population who do not see the benefits of the indian progress. Corporatization and globalization is good or bad depending on who you talk to.
