Dualism theories
Dualism theories belongs to the range of topics that Development theories. On the basis of the acceptance of at least two connected economic, social, technological or regional sectors particularly becomes in the case of Developing countries a pessimistic prognosis posed.
Often becomes from a "traditional", (Dh. on self-sufficiency) sector put on, and a "modern" industrially organized sector gone out.
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Kinds of dualism
social dualism z lies.B. forwards if western social system beside the "tradtitionellen" native "imported" exists. With it are often received economic dualism a supplying ("traditional") sector with one substantially kleinerern modern sector of the economy, which aims at a small native group of buyers or for the export produced. technological dualism exist with the parallel existence more modern and all technologies. The term regional dualism implies a division in two parts into developed and to underdevelop/stay regions. The different kinds of dualism cause and complement each other often mutually.
Characteristics of the traditional sector are small and the use more simply Production engineering and organization along that , , and small industry to find are.
Political recommendations
and Development policy Recommendations refer due to the Nichtverbundenheit and postulated Nichtverbindbarkeit of the sectors often on a one-sided promotion alone the modern sector (see also Modernization theory).
Disagreement prevails with the question of the intensified international economic integration of developing countries into that World economic system. lean this due to bad trading terms (term OF trade) for developing countries off. Others see straight in the economic integration a chance for the overcoming of the dualisms.
Kinds of play and extensions
A kind of play of the dualism theories is in be enough popular of the Raul Prebisch (see also and ). A newer kind of play are those Modernization theories.
Criticism
A main point of criticism at the dualism theories is the unsatisfactory explanation of the causes of the division in two parts into different sectors.
