Part of the Hardware glossary: An adapter is a physical device that allows one hardware or electronic interface to be adapted (accommodated without loss of function) to another hardware or electronic interface.
What is dependency theory? A: Dependency theory is the way that the state of an economy develops as a direct result of external forces. Political, economic and cultural factors may influence the way that the economy develops using the dependency theory. Continue Reading.
World-Systems theory can be seen as a further development of dependency theory during the neoliberal era, with the theorist Immanuel Wallerstein being the primary theorist who advanced it. The practical premises of both are the same, as one should expect given that world-systems theory is essentially building on top of and with dependency theory. The differences are more in the contexts of their development and the focus that each field does/did.