Dependency School in Latin America

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What perspective does the dependency school represent?

A Marxist perspective

A First World perspective

A Third World perspective (correct)

A modernization perspective

What led to the rise of the dependency school in Latin America in the 1960s?

The rise of populist regimes

The influence of American modernization theory

The failure of the ECLA program and economic stagnation (correct)

The success of the ECLA developmental strategy

What was the primary goal of the ECLA developmental strategy?

Industrialization through import substitution (correct)

Free trade and economic liberalization

State-led economic planning

Agricultural development

What was the outcome of the brief economic expansion in the 1950s in Latin America?

Economic stagnation and crisis Signup and view all the answers

What was the reaction of many Latin American researchers to the ECLA program and American modernization school?

Disillusionment and disappointment Signup and view all the answers

What was another factor that contributed to the rise of the dependency school?

The crisis of orthodox Marxism in Latin America Signup and view all the answers

What was the traditional orthodox communist viewpoint on Latin American countries?

They had to go through a stage of bourgeois industrial revolution. Signup and view all the answers

What was a significant turning point in the dependency school of thought?

The Chinese Revolution in 1949 and the Cuban Revolution in the late 1950s. Signup and view all the answers

Who was instrumental in disseminating the ideas of the dependency school to the English-speaking world?

Andre Gunder Frank Signup and view all the answers

What was the reception of the dependency school in the United States in the late 1960s?

It received a warm welcome. Signup and view all the answers

What was the main criticism of the international division of labor by Raúl Prebisch?

It led to a deterioration of Latin America's terms of trade. Signup and view all the answers

What was the initial response of Latin American governments to the ECLA strategy in the 1950s?

They resisted it and refused to implement reforms. Signup and view all the answers

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What perspective does the dependency school represent?

What led to the rise of the dependency school in Latin America in the 1960s?

What was the primary goal of the ECLA developmental strategy?

What was the outcome of the brief economic expansion in the 1950s in Latin America?

What was the reaction of many Latin American researchers to the ECLA program and American modernization school?

What was another factor that contributed to the rise of the dependency school?

What was the traditional orthodox communist viewpoint on Latin American countries?

What was a significant turning point in the dependency school of thought?

Who was instrumental in disseminating the ideas of the dependency school to the English-speaking world?

What was the reception of the dependency school in the United States in the late 1960s?

What was the main criticism of the international division of labor by Raúl Prebisch?

What was the initial response of Latin American governments to the ECLA strategy in the 1950s?

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