In the 1960s and 1970s, _______ stressed how the periphery, or Global South, was actively underdeveloped by policies and decisions that promoted the growth in wealth of the core Western countries and of elites in the periphery.

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Dependency theorists argued that the economic conditions of the Global South were not merely underdeveloped but were actively made worse by the policies and decisions of the wealthier Western countries and the local elites in those poorer countries. They emphasized the exploitative relationships between the core (developed countries) and the periphery (developing countries).

In the 1960s and 1970s, _______ Stressed How the Periphery