First Part: 0-7’:
What is the purpose of the video?
Explain Modernization Theory.
What is Structuralism (in the context of
World Economy)?
What are Structural Adjustment Programs?
Explain the main points of Dependency Theory,
and why is it deeply related to Latin America.
Explain Wallerstein’s approach:
Core-Periphery, and Semiperiphery.
What are his “cycles” of History?
Compare Wallerstein’s system to Dependency
Theory.
Why is Wallerstein’s theory still popular among
Marxists?
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Second Part: 7’ - 14’:
Explain the main concepts developed in the
book Why Nations Fail?
Explain the main concepts developed in the
Book The Bottom Billion.
If a low-income country were to suddenly discover
substantial natural resource reserves, what are
the challenges it would be likely to encounter?
After reviewing Gary Gereffi’s study about transnational
pharmaceutical corporations in Mexico, what can be
said about dependency? Is it a systemic inherence of
capitalism? What’s your opinion?
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“Firms may pay bribes to obtain government
benefits or to avoid costs… Such payments can
become routine, part of the normal cost of doing business.”
“Illegal payments are often hidden as legitimate expenses
in company accounts.”
(Susan Rose-Ackerman —
Corruption and Government (1999))
