Dependency theory, which emerged during the struggles for change in Latin America in the 1960s, is now making a comeback. The rise of left-leaning governments in Latin America known as the “Pink Wave” (Chavez, Evo Morales, Lula, López Obrador, etc.) provided the basis for anti-system theoretical ideas such as dependency theory Fertile soil. Moreover, at the global level, seemingly endless wars, economic instability, and growing inequality also explain the receptivity to these lines of thought. This is the argument I make in the following article, published this year in Latin American Studies Review.
