Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism
The idea of uneven and combined development, as formulated by Trotsky, as well as Lenin's "law" of uneven economic and political development under capitalism are still being used today, especially in academic studies of international relations, archaeology, anthropology and development economics, as well as in discussions of the Trotskyist movement. Such International relations schools as the world-systems theory and dependency theory have been both influenced by "Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism" and Trotsky's writings on the subject.