SOSC 1910 Lecture 6: sosc1910 - Lecture 6
27 Oct 2011
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This theory was a distinctly latin american model. This theory helped to shift the focus from a theoretical theory produced by the first world to a historical. Theory produced by the people in the developing world. Therefore it shifted the focus to the perspective of the developing world. Developing countries are negatively affected by their on-going relationship with the developed west. What gunter frank called the development of underdevelopment . This theory emphasized an historical rather than a theoretical model (such as modernization theory) The import/export dilemma: export of raw materials and the import of manufactured goods. This term describes economies that are structured around meeting the needs of industrialized countries. These economies are driven by the exports of raw materials and foodstuffs with very little manufactured goods being produced or exported. This is one of the many dilemmas faced by third world economies.
