Dependency Theory
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Dependency Theory Similar to Marxism, Dependency Theory was an activist project that did not just analyze. However, in becoming political actors and advisors, there was an irony that the best way for a country to be more like the developed city was to actually join the ranks of exploiting countries. I think the strategies of Dependency Theory jump from the approach of developing into a core country. This would result in experimenting with different kinds of cooperative trade groups, or like the socialists would, that is develop in an different world market, to simply making the imperialist system look favourable by talking about fantasies of fair north-south relations, mainly through the goodwill of or pressure on the imperialist powers (develop through reforming imperialism). The strategies change depending on the size and economic strength of the particular country. It was unfortunate that the latter strategy that was left for the majority...

