In the 1970s and 1980s, radical social scientists used the term __________ to describe a situation in which the legal ties of colonialism have given way to informal mechanisms of economic control.
A) informal colonialism
B) dependency
C) weakened superiority
D) structural adjustment
E) domestic imperialism

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The term "dependency" was used by radical social scientists in the 1970s and 1980s to describe the situation where formal colonial ties were replaced by informal economic control mechanisms, emphasizing the continued economic dependence of former colonies on their former colonizers.

In the 1970s and 1980s, Radical Social Scientists Used the Term