dependency theory

collocation in English

meaningsofdependencyandtheory

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dependency
noun
uk
/dɪˈpen.dən.si/us
/dɪˈpen.dən.si/
a situation in which you need something or someone and are unable to continue normally ...
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theory
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈθɪə.ri/us
/ˈθɪr.i/
a formal statement of the rules on which a subject of study is based or of ideas that are suggested to explain a fact or event or, more generally, an opinion ...
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The model integrates feature geometry theory anddependencytheory.
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Here pathdependencytheory, in the generalised form that it is usually invoked, offers little help.
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It did not, however, fit neatly into the categories of ' indigenous ' versus ' foreign ' capital as required bydependencytheory.
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It considers the implications of the approach for the understanding of older people's lives and, in particular, for a critique of structureddependencytheory.
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Its explanatory power is enhanced, furthermore, by the intelligent and eclectic application of relevant theoretical approaches, such as hegemonic stability theory,dependencytheoryand game theory.
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This is covered in hisdependencytheory.
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Although these theories appear incompatible, she adopts the notion of articulator-based, hierarchically structured feature classes from feature geometry theory and that of unary phonological primitives fromdependencytheory.
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Published in 1967, it was one of the formative texts independencytheory.
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Contrary to modernization theory,dependencytheorystates that not all societies progress through similar stages of development.
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Dependencytheorywas created to explain the persistent poverty of poor countries, and how their situation was formed.
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Sagiv is one of the founders of the field of relational database theory, and specifically ofdependencytheory.
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From adependencytheoryview point, these banks took advantage through price fixing and certain unfair regulations.
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This is best described bydependencytheory, which is one theory on how globalization can affect the world and the countries in it.
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This idea stood in marked contrast to prevalent approaches in the field of comparative politicsthe state-society theory and thedependencytheory.
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The faculty teach knowledge of organizations, systems thinking, world culture theory,dependencytheory, conflict analysis frameworks, models of advanced problem-solving, and parliamentary procedure.
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His innovations in these fields were conceptualdependencytheoryand case-based reasoning, both of which challenged cognitivist views of memory and reasoning.
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His research started with a rethinking ofdependencytheoryin the framework of quantitative data and statistical analysis and work on poverty in the leading industrialized countries.
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It is a central contention ofdependencytheorythat poor states are impoverished and rich ones enriched by the way poor states are integrated into the world system.
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