Transcript Modernization and Dependency Theories

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
 Rate of Industrialization
 Political Structure: Cuba=socialist, Iran=
theocracy, Morocco= monarchy
 Literacy
 Common denominator: All developed
countries endured the expansion of
Europe and embraced capitalism at the
beginning of the 18th century
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Stage: 5
The Age of High
Mass Consumption
Stage: 4
The Drive to
Maturity
Stage: 3
The Takeoff
Stage: 2
The Preconditions
for Takeoff
Stage: 1
The Traditional
Society
The opposite of Modernization theory
 European nation deliberately created
poverty and dependency in these areas
 Theorists include: F.H Cardoso and S.J
Stein
 Developed countries were transformed
by European capitalism, but they were
held back and controlled
 European powers needed cheap labour
and cheap resources/goods
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“Development” refers to an increase in
capacity to produce
 An “underdeveloped” country has not
experienced these increases
 This is a result of deliberate actions by
European powers
CRITICISMS:
 Andre Gunder Frank: this leads to
Eurocentrism
 Economy until 1800 was not Europecentered, but Asian-based
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