m atic ▁interpretation ▁of ▁the ▁re product ive ▁processes ▁of ▁the ▁under development ▁of ▁peri pher al ▁countries ▁in ▁a ▁capital istic ▁society . ▁This ▁theory ▁gained ▁attention ▁in ▁late - 1 9 6 0 s ▁and ▁early - 1 9 7 0 s ▁Latin ▁America , ▁where ▁many ▁countries ▁were ▁struggling ▁econom ically . ▁ ▁In ▁this ▁line ▁of ▁thinking , ▁the ▁character ization ▁of ▁countries ▁as ▁" late ▁bo om ers " ▁comes ▁from ▁the ▁relation ▁of ▁world ly ▁capital ism ▁dependency ▁between ▁" central " ▁countries ▁and ▁" per i pher al " ▁countries . ▁This ▁dependency ▁express es ▁" sub ord ination ", ▁the ▁idea ▁that ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁a ▁country ▁is ▁directly ▁linked ▁to ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁other ▁countries ; ▁the ▁development ▁is ▁not ▁brought ▁upon ▁by ▁pre - cap ital istic ▁conditions , ▁but ▁rather ▁by ▁the ▁patterns ▁of ▁capital istic ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁countries ▁together ▁with ▁its ▁insert ion ▁into ▁the ▁capital ist ▁system ▁given ▁by ▁imperial ism . ▁ ▁It ▁further ▁states ▁that ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁overcome ▁its ▁under development , ▁a ▁country ▁must ▁break ▁its ▁dependency ▁on ▁other ▁countries , ▁and ▁not ▁modern ize ▁or ▁industrial ize ▁its ▁economy , ▁which ▁could ▁actually ▁intens ify ▁its ▁dependency ▁on ▁other ▁countries . ▁Because ▁of ▁this , ▁the ▁fight ▁against ▁dependency ▁must ▁focus ▁on ▁the ▁ru pt ure ▁of ▁imperial istic ▁t ies , ▁and ▁maybe , ▁even ▁the ▁capital istic ▁system ▁as ▁a ▁whole . ▁ ▁The ▁theory ▁reached ▁its ▁peak ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁