Talk:Dependency theory

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Last “criticism” listed not backed up by source
The last criticism listed, about “subjectivity”— “A large argument opposing the Dependency Theory is the subjectivity in the theory and the terms that are often used. Words such as developed and underdeveloped that construct the argument of dependency theory are subjective and different people will view these different terms in different lights”—is not reflected in the (extremely sparse!) source cited, which states, rather: “It has also been said that dependency theories are highly abstract and tend to use homogenising categories such as developed and underdeveloped, which do not fully capture the variations within these categories.” 67.173.178.159 (talk) 21:33, 6 April 2022 (UTC)


 * That source is also incredibly vague... 'it has been said'? By who? When? Where? I don't think this would in the slightest cut the mustard here, and so for a source I don't think it does either.
 * Additionally the site it is on, sociology discussion, appears to be more or less just a wiki itself, having apparently open submission and only basic guidelines on who can submit an 'article' to their database and what it can say. I believe this, essentially, qualifies it as self-published, again rendering it unsuitable as a source here.
 * Finally, and I admit this could simply be failure on my part, I can't really find anything out about the author of the source; no journal articles indicating they are an expert/academic, no newspaper articles indicating them to be a journalist, etc. And so their word seems impossible to back up even setting aside the other issues.
 * I am going to simply delete the relevant paragraph from the article for now, pending adequate sourcing.
 * -Joey- (talk) 01:51, 2 November 2022 (UTC)

Content on Armenia
The inclusion of the following statement has been subject of dispute:
 * Armenia's economy depends on its ore exports as the country lacks the technology to produce high-value consumer goods from these ores. Therefore, other countries produce goods with these ores with which Armenia then buys from them. Armenia-Russia trade is an example of the Dependency Theory. The largest export from Armenia is heavy metals which increased during the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Armenia also expanded its exports to Russia in the food sector. Exports of vehicles for land, air, and sea have also increased.

I would argue that as it is expressed here it does not belong in the article since it presents a subjective evaluation as a fact. It also contains some unfortunate oversimplifications like "other countries produce goods with these ores with which Armenia then buys from them" that are not properly backed by a studt of supply chains. Lappspira (talk) 08:52, 19 March 2023 (UTC)