In his approach Leslie White argued that cultures progress economically from a foraging base to dependence on agriculture and then to industrial society. He also described a political progression in which bands developed into tribes, then chiefdoms and states. What is the name given to White's theory?

Neoevolutionism

Explanation:

Neoevolution studies the development of cultures from the perspective of the theory of evolution. The theories are based on empirical evidence and is multidisciplinary in approach.

The deterministic approach to studying the origins of a culture were discarded. Previously social evolutionism was discarded.

Hence, the question is referring to the theory Neoevolutionism.