Dependency Theory (cont.)

• Revolution needed to remove elites from power

• “Underdeveloped countries were not developed countries in the making; rather, industrialized countries caused underdevelopment in other nations in the process of economic expansion”

• “Industrialized countries had access to cheap inputs for growth through the extraction of resources, export of minerals, and exploitation of cheap labor in the underdeveloped world.”

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