Introduction on 11 september 1973 the day of the military coup in chile in which the allende government was overthrown a decree was issued by the military junta headed by general pinochet, in which the name of theotonio. The purpose of this article is to show the significance of theotonio dos santos works and the theory of dependence as a reminder. He received the title of notorio saber in economics from the federal university of minas gerais and the fluminense federal university, the. We shall attempt to show that the relations of dependence to which these countries. Theotonio dos santos described a new dependency, which focused on both the internal and external relations of lessdeveloped.
In the marxian tradition, the theory of imperialism. The revolutionary intellectual who pioneered dependency theory. Theotonio dos santus, the structure of dependence, in fann. Latin american radical political economy in retrospect pdf.
The main weakness of dependency theory lies in explaining the origin of underdevelopment. Pdf this article attempts a political economy of the social sciences in order to. Theotonio dos santos, along with other supporters of dependency theory, made the voice of the third world more audible and promote an endemic idea of development, questioning the dogmas of western theories. Theotonio dos santos, one of the founders of dependency theory, describes dependence as a situation in which the economy of certain countries is conditioned by the development and expansion of another economy to which the former is subjected dos santos 1970, p. The concept of dependence permits us to see the internal situation of these countries as part of world economy. Dos santos had a bachelors degree in sociology and politics in public administration from the federal university of minas gerais and a masters degree in political science from the university of brasilia. Vincent ferraro, mount holyoke college south hadley, ma july 1996 background dependency theory developed in the late 1950s under the guidance of the director of the united nations economic commission for latin america, raul prebisch. Most of postcolonial africa is haunted by the negative connotations it bore during the victorian era, given the name the dark continent it. A second historical form of dependency identified by dos santos is financialindustrial. By theotonio dos santos university of chile this paper attempts to demonstrate that the dependence of latin american countries on other countries cannot be overcome without a qualita tive change in their internal structures and exter nal relations.
Development and underdevelopment in the third world. For this purpose, this paper examines the definitions of dependency, general perspectives, classifications, and the criticism of dependency theory. Dependency theory developed in the late 1950s under the guidance of the director of the united. Rakash, gyan 1992 postcolonialism and indian historiography, social text. Pdf academic dependency and the global division of labour in.
In the latin american periphery these ideas were ap. Dependency theory is the notion that resources flow from a periphery of poor and. As chilcote, one of the more lucid advocates of dependency. Theotonio dos santos, the structure of dependence, in k. Developmentalism, modernity, and dependency theory in. The african ejournals project has digitized full text of. During cycles 6 through 8, the cloud of dividing nuclei remains deep in the interior but ex.
Theotonio dos santos 19362018 and dependency theory. In other words, the relation between underdevelopment and dependency is explained in a circular manner. Developmentalism,modernity,anddependencytheory developmentalism became a global ideology of the capitalist worldeconomy. He was one of the formulators of the dependency theory and supported the worldsystem theory. Pdf relevance of the dependency theory maria filippova. C chicago demotic dictionary d do ed khwb delc g dol. The revolutionary intellectual who pioneered dependency theory cristobal kay. Dependency theory as even its proponents note, dependency theory is a theory of the international capitalist economy that places its emphasis on the relations between na1. The african ejournals project has digitized full text of articles of eleven social science and humanities journals.