dependency theory (English, noun)
expansion: dependency theory (countable and uncountable, plural dependency theories)
Senses:
topics: economics
political-science
sciences
social-sciences
glosses: A set of ideas to explain the inequalities between developed countries and developing countries, originally conceived in the context of Latin America in the 1960s and 1970s, stressing the interdependence of those countries in a capitalist global economy.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A subfield of database theory which studies implication and optimization problems related to logical constraints.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: dependency theories
tags: plural