Theories of Global Stratification

The rich country of the world and the economic position of the poor country are interrelated and can not understand each other.

Some countries became rich to use other countries, and these countries became poor

The structural interpretation of global stratification is called dependency theory. Not surprisingly, this theoretical perspective challenges the assumption of modernization theory (Packenham, 1992). Modernization theory has attributed global stratification to the "wrong" cultural values ​​and practices of poor countries, but dependency theory is based on the global stratification of the exploitation of these countries by rich countries I blame it. According to this view, poor countries were conquered and colonized early in the times by European countries, so there was never the opportunity to pursue economic growth. European countries have stolen resources from poor countries. They make their people slaves or use them as cheap labor. They set up their own government and often prevented locals from receiving good education. As a result, the colonial countries were unable to establish professional and commercial classes, and in the industrial era they were able to develop the economy in other ways.

Countries of the world differ greatly from the poorest countries of Africa and some parts of Asia in terms of wealth and other resources. Despite modernization theory explaining the global stratification of cultural defects in the poorest countries, the dependence theory explains it using colonization and exploitation of the wealthiest countries of Western Europe and North America doing. Residents of the poorest countries are in a tragic situation and their risks are much higher than those of the wealthiest countries compared to deadly diseases and other major problems.

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