Intellectual Influences
The sociological concepts of IPE come from Karl Marx's theories of class inequality, and consequent Marxist theories of indirect control, the semi-colony, and . Latin American Economists' study of the Legacy of Imperialism and the subsequent Dependency Theory were also important contributors.
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