Is dependency theory dead as an explanation of underdevelopment today? Today, a broad consensus answers this question in the affirmative. In contrast to this commonly-held contention, this study counter-argues that despite the need of refinement to account for the recent changes that have taken place in global economy, a certain strand of dependency analyses still maintains validity, and offers inspirations for those wanting to address limits and prospects of capitalist development. The study first critically surveys the barrage of criticisms levied against the dependency school, since any revisiting of this archaic line of thought might be quite easily subjected to an outright dismissal beforehand. Then, the study reveals that the conceptualization of dependency as elaborated by historical-structural dependency analyses still maintains validity, and when wisely applied to the new conditions, offers a basilar IPE framework to address the limits, prospects, and divergent patterns of development in today’s Global South.

依赖理论是否可以作为当今发展不足的解释？今天，广泛的共识肯定地回答了这个问题。与这一普遍争论相反，本研究提出反驳，尽管有必要进行细化以解决全球经济中最近发生的变化，但一定程度的依存关系分析仍然保持有效性，并为那些想要摆脱困境的人们提供了启发。解决资本主义发展的局限和前景。该研究首先批判性地调查了对依赖学校的批评之声，因为对这种古老思想的任何重新审视都可能很容易事先遭到彻底的解雇。然后，研究表明，历史结构依存关系分析所阐述的依存关系概念仍然保持有效性，IPE框架旨在解决当今全球南方的局限性，前景和不同的发展模式。