Development and Underdevelopment


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Presenting both classic pieces and the most up-to-date arguments in the debates about issues of economic growth and inequality, this is a guide to understanding the causes and dynamics of persistent income gap between rich and poor countries, as well as rich and poor within the poor countries.







Development and Underdevelopment


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Between Development and Underdevelopment


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Res. en inglés y francés.




Underdevelopment and Development


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Compilation of interdisciplinary research papers on underdevelopment and economic development viewed as historical processes - emphasizes theoretical issues involved in economic and social change in developing countries and includes industrialization, agricultural development, modernization, etc. Annotated bibliography pp. 369 to 380 and references.




Aspects of Development and Underdevelopment


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An analysis of the economic mechanisms that produce wealth in the midst of growing misery.




Latin American Theories of Development and Underdevelopment


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Upon its publication in 1989, this was the first systematic and comprehensive analysis of the Latin American School of Development and an invaluable guide to the major Third World contribution to development theory. The four major strands in the work of Latin American Theorists are: structuralism, internal colonialism, marginality and dependency. Exploring all four in detail, and the interconnections between them, Cristobal Kay highlights the developed world’s over-reliance on, and partial knowledge of, dependency theory in its approach to development issues, and analyses the first major challenges to neo-classical and modernisation theories from the Third World.




Arab Marxism and National Liberation


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Mahdi Amel (1936–87) was a prominent Arab Marxist thinker and Lebanese Communist Party member. This first-time English translation of his selected writings sheds light on his notable contributions to the study of capitalism in a colonial context.




Growth and Development


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The Political Economy of Development and Underdevelopment


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Focuses on the complex problems and solutions of economic development of underdeveloped countries within a changing international context. This text offers a broad view of development, capturing the more inclusive political economy approach which examines the political and social factors.