Question

Elvira is an economic adviser who supports cultural policies that attempt to change people’s behavior to encourage development. She would most likely agree with which theory of global inequality?

Answer 1

Answer: dependency theory

Explanation:

dependency theory is based on a Marxist view of the world, which sees globalisation in terms of the spread of market capitalism, and the exploitation of cheap labour and resources in return for the obsolete technologies of the developed world. The dominant view of dependency theorists is that there is a dominant world capitalist system that relies on a division of labour between the rich ‘core’ countries and poor ‘peripheral’ countries. Over time, the core countries will exploit their dominance over an increasingly marginalised periphery.