10.3 Theoretical Perspectives on Global Stratification

By the end of this section, you should be able to:

  • Describe the modernization and dependency theory perspectives on global stratification

As with any social issue, global or otherwise, scholars have developed a variety of theories to study global stratification. The two most widely applied perspectives are modernization theory and dependency theory.

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The content of this course has been taken from the free Sociology textbook by Openstax