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Dependency theory is the idea that resources flow from a "periphery" of poor and exploited states to a "core" of wealthy states, enriching the latter at the expense of the former. A central contention of dependency theory is that poor states are impoverished and rich ones enriched by the way poor states are integrated into the "world system".
Ruy Mauro de Araújo Marini (May 2, 1932 – July, 5, 1997) was a Brazilian economist and sociologist.Marini is internationally known as one of the creators of dependency theory, [1] [2] [3] Super-exploitation, and Unequal Exchange.
World-systems theory traces emerged in the 1970s. [3] Its roots can be found in sociology, but it has developed into a highly interdisciplinary field. [4] World-systems theory was aiming to replace modernization theory, which Wallerstein criticised for three reasons: [4] its focus on the nation state as the only unit of analysis
He was one of the formulators of the Dependency Theory and supported the World-System theory. Dos Santos had a bachelor's degree in sociology and politics in public administration from the Federal University of Minas Gerais and a master's degree in political science from the University of Brasília . [ 1 ]
Sandra Jean Ball was born in Ottawa, Canada in 1941. She gained a BA in sociology from the University of Washington in 1963, and her PhD in sociology there in 1968. [1]In 1967 Ball became an assistant professor at the University of Alberta.
His analysis of the role of cultural and sociological factors in economic development was influential and contrasted to Chicago School models of self-interested maximizing behavior. Hoselitz was the founding editor of Economic Development and Cultural Change , a prominent journal in the new research field of economic development.
Andre Gunder Frank (February 24, 1929 – April 25, 2005) was a German-American sociologist and economic historian who promoted dependency theory after 1970 and world-systems theory after 1984. He employed some Marxian concepts on political economy, but rejected Marx's stages of history, and economic history generally. [citation needed]
A sociological theory is a supposition that intends to consider, analyze, and/or explain objects of social reality from a sociological perspective, [1]: 14 drawing connections between individual concepts in order to organize and substantiate sociological knowledge.