The Political Economy of Underdevelopment (Routledge Library Editions: Development) - Softcover

De Silva, S. B. D. B. D.

 
9780415851367: The Political Economy of Underdevelopment (Routledge Library Editions: Development)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 041585136X ISBN 13: 9780415851367
Publisher: Routledge, 2013

Synopsis

First published in 1982, this reissue deals with the theory of underdevelopment, as Dr. de Silva attempts a synthesis between the internal and external aspects of underdevelopment and, in the Marxist tradition, focuses on the impact of the external on the internal as the dominant reality.

Viewing underdevelopment as a problem in the non-transformation to capitalism, this analysis is in terms of the character of the dominant capital and of the dominant classes. Underdevelopment thus encompasses the ‘traditional’ peasant economy and also the export sector where the ‘modernizing’ influence of colonialism was felt. The book finally considers how the contemporary internationalization of capital affected the economies of the Third World.

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S. B. D. de Silva

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
041585136X
ISBN 13 
9780415851367
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
656

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