AP Human Geography / Unit 7: Industrial and Economic Development Patterns and Processes
7.5 Theories of Development
Notes
- Rostow's stages of growth: traditional → preconditions → takeoff → drive to maturity → high mass consumption.
- Wallerstein's world-system theory: core, semi-periphery, periphery.
- Dependency theory: poor countries remain dependent on rich ones.
Practice
In world-system theory, wealthy industrialized countries are the:
Wallerstein.
A criticism of Rostow's model:
One-size-fits-all.
Brazil and India are often classified as:
Middle position.
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