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This 10 page paper provides information on structuralism and post-structuralism and how the story is applied to twenty-first century analyses. Examples are provided. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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twenty-first century. First, it is important to define the concept. A concise definition is as follows: It is " an approach to the human sciences, literature, linguistics etc. as coded
systems comprising self-sufficient and self-determining structures of interrelationships and rules of combination through which meaning is generated and communicated1." Another definition is: "Structuralism is an approach in academic disciplines that
explores the relationships between fundamental elements of some kind, upon which some higher mental, linguistic, social, cultural etc "structures" are built, through which then meaning is produced within a particular
person, system, or culture2." Structuralism is a school of thought that examines structures, models and institutions and views them symbolically to evaluate how they create cultural meaning. Structuralism is a
theory that is attached to fields like psychology and are also attached to academic areas tied to culture, language, and society3. Theorists associated with structuralism are Foucault, Lacan and
Althusser4. Post-structuralism has to some extent separated itself from the structural method; it is quite influential in sociology5. The structuralism that was founded by Raul Prebisch in 1949
would characterize the international economy as "a set of relations between an industrialized Center and a Periphery exporting foodstuffs and raw materials6." In fact, this theorist would focus on
problems related to the periphery7. The school did focus on structural unemployment and the inability of the traditional export industries to fully grow8. As a result, in
this particular analysis, the additional rural population would be absorbed9. There had also been much attention paid to external disequilibrium10. This is related to the "
higher propensities to import industrial goods than to export traditional agricultural and mineral goods; and deteriorating terms of trade-all of which a properly implemented policy of industrialization could help eliminate11."
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