依附论是关于不发达状态的理论:贫困国家被排挤在世界经济的边缘,只要它们依然受到处在经济中心的发达国家的奴役,就不可能发展起来。依附论也是构成上世纪60和70年代拉美左翼分子世界观的基石,包括智利总统萨尔瓦多·阿连德和尼加拉瓜的桑迪尼斯塔斯集团领袖等领导人在内。正如接受一知半解的国外理论通常会发生的情形一样(最典型的例子就是解构主义),美国大学的学生怀着宗教般的热忱来接受依附论,依附论结合了越战时代 The theory of dependency is a theory of underdevelopment: poor countries are marginalized from the world economy and can not develop as long as they remain enslaved by developed countries in economic centers. Dependency Theory is also the cornerstone of the world view of Latin American left-wing elements that made up the 1960s and 1970s, including leaders such as Chilean President Allende Allende and the Sandianistas Group of Nicaragua. As is often the case with accepted ill-informed foreign theories (the most typical example being deconstructionism), students at American universities accept dependency theory with religious zeal, and dependency theory combines the Vietnam War era