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Front 1

Development

Back 1

A relative term which can be measured through economic or living standards.

Such as through- HDI, HPI and GDP

Front 2

Rostow Modernisation theory

Back 2

5 stages to develop. Begins at self-sufficient farming, then industrialisation and ends at mass production

Front 3

Supporters of MT

Back 3

Functionalist

1)Durkheim- 'societies would progress through industrialisation'

2) Weber- 'Advancing scientific breakthroughs allow countries to develop like in the west'

3) Kerr- 'countries need western politics and social values to develop'

Front 4

Neo Liberalism

Back 4

Friedman- free markets can be used to help a country develop significantly

E.g. Tiger Economies such as Hong Kong or Singapore which prove removal of tariffs lead to development

Front 5

Critiques of Neo Liberalism

Back 5

Tiger Economies got in a lot of trouble in 1990s as they had not gradually developed.

Front 6

Dependency Theory- Frank

Back 6

1) MEDCs exploit LEDCs

2) MEDCs used LEDCs to progress through colonialism meaning not all countries can progress like the West

3) After Colonialism countries became dependent on their previous owners. E.g. Jamaica Case Study

4) MEDCs and TNCs set tariffs restricting Free Market trade- Jamaica-Chiquita deal exploits banana selling