In an age filled with modern thinkers, people often thrive to find explanations of why more than half of the world is overwhelmed by poverty and has no economic or political standing. While different theories have emerged to approach the cause of why the third still world exists, one in particular stands out. The Dependency Theory is the notion that colonization in the mid 1800-1900s has resulted in the LDCs to rely for political and economic support on the core or elite countries. The theory is heavily influenced by the results of the Industrial Revolution and what unrestrained capitalism and imperialism has led to. It was the idea that imperialism is power and that colonization is a necessary solution to industrialization, that robbed the
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Jeremy Seabrook writes in his article, “Songs of the Shirt” that, “ The workers are disposable, rags of humanity as it were used up like any other raw material in cause of production for export” (Seabrook 2013 par.6). Seabrook’s words illustrate how these proletarians are exploited, worked day and night so the elites could have the luxuries that they simply do not. The cheap labour also reflects on the mercantile system that robs the developing nations of having a better quality of life. Furthermore, countries in devastating poverty are more focused on survival rather than their education system. This creates a weak education system and robs the intellectuals of any opportunities to showcase their potential. This leads to the ‘Brain Drain’ from many LDCs to the core countries especially people from the STEM careers. According to the World Health Report in 2006, 213,331 trained doctors migrated to United States because of their mass amount of opportunities (Shah 2006 par.7). This shocking fact connects to the system of the superior and inferior countries that was created in the 19th century that still holds and explains why the LCDs cannot move from their traditional, uneducated state. Moreover, the exploitation of resources in the LDCs by the core countries only make their disastrous conditions worse. Matt …show more content…
It can be said that the root cause for government corruption is clearly linked to colonialism. According to George Robb, author of “White Collar Crime in Modern England” that corruption thrives best on a well-developed economy which the elites promoted when they took over (Mulinge and Leseledi 1998 p.17) . Audrey Richard, the author of “East African Chiefs” then write that the elites introduced monetary taxes that were collected by new elected chiefs who were offered 10 percent of the hard earned tax by their own people (Mulinge and Leseledi 1998 p.18). This allowed corruption to flourish from the gardens colonialsim grew. Moreover, conclusions have been made about the link between corruption and exploitation of resources in developing countries. The Transparency International Agency explain in their article “Oil and Gas”, the reason the poorest countries are the ones with rich oil and gas is corruption, “ Too often wealth status in the hands of politicians… payments made to governments to exploit resources remain secret” (Oil and Gas 2015 par.2). The corrupt government are the very source for the failure of thee countries to modernize and become independent. Additionally, a corrupt government leads to social oppression and deficiency of opportunities for the people to better the country. Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson express in their book “ Why Nations Fail” that, “The
Jeremy Seabrook writes in his article, “Songs of the Shirt” that, “ The workers are disposable, rags of humanity as it were used up like any other raw material in cause of production for export” (Seabrook 2013 par.6). Seabrook’s words illustrate how these proletarians are exploited, worked day and night so the elites could have the luxuries that they simply do not. The cheap labour also reflects on the mercantile system that robs the developing nations of having a better quality of life. Furthermore, countries in devastating poverty are more focused on survival rather than their education system. This creates a weak education system and robs the intellectuals of any opportunities to showcase their potential. This leads to the ‘Brain Drain’ from many LDCs to the core countries especially people from the STEM careers. According to the World Health Report in 2006, 213,331 trained doctors migrated to United States because of their mass amount of opportunities (Shah 2006 par.7). This shocking fact connects to the system of the superior and inferior countries that was created in the 19th century that still holds and explains why the LCDs cannot move from their traditional, uneducated state. Moreover, the exploitation of resources in the LDCs by the core countries only make their disastrous conditions worse. Matt …show more content…
It can be said that the root cause for government corruption is clearly linked to colonialism. According to George Robb, author of “White Collar Crime in Modern England” that corruption thrives best on a well-developed economy which the elites promoted when they took over (Mulinge and Leseledi 1998 p.17) . Audrey Richard, the author of “East African Chiefs” then write that the elites introduced monetary taxes that were collected by new elected chiefs who were offered 10 percent of the hard earned tax by their own people (Mulinge and Leseledi 1998 p.18). This allowed corruption to flourish from the gardens colonialsim grew. Moreover, conclusions have been made about the link between corruption and exploitation of resources in developing countries. The Transparency International Agency explain in their article “Oil and Gas”, the reason the poorest countries are the ones with rich oil and gas is corruption, “ Too often wealth status in the hands of politicians… payments made to governments to exploit resources remain secret” (Oil and Gas 2015 par.2). The corrupt government are the very source for the failure of thee countries to modernize and become independent. Additionally, a corrupt government leads to social oppression and deficiency of opportunities for the people to better the country. Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson express in their book “ Why Nations Fail” that, “The