7.5 Flashcards
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rostow stage 1
traditional society (subsistence, barter, agriculture)
rostow stage 2
transitional stage (specialization, surpluses, infrastructure)
rostow stage 3
take-off (industrialization, investment, regional growth, political change)
rostow stage 4
drive to maturity (diversification, innovation, less reliance on imports)
rostow stage 5
traditional society (high mass consumption, consumer durable goods flourish, service sector becomes dominant)
rostow criticism
suggests that countries and regions proceed along development path in isolation from each other
wallerstein world system theory
economic development that regards world history as moving thru a series of socioeconomic systems, culmination in the modern world system by about the year 1900
dependency theory
the theory that periphery is poor bc it was economically dependent on the core in a disadvantageous relationship originally established under colonialism and imperialism
dependency theory criticism
little attention to social and political issues, delinking
commodity dependence
occurs when commodities account for more than 60% of the value of a country’s total exports