The Political Economy of Underdevelopment
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The Political Economy of Underdevelopment is a seminal work of Marxist-inspired development economics that analyzes the historical and structural causes of persistent poverty and economic dependency in the Global South.
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| instanceOf |
Marxist-inspired work
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book ⓘ work of development economics ⓘ |
| addresses |
class relations in peripheral economies
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role of the state in development ⓘ terms of trade deterioration ⓘ unequal exchange in the world economy ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
explain persistent underdevelopment in the Global South
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link domestic structures to global economic order ⓘ |
| analyzes |
historical processes of colonialism
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postcolonial economic structures ⓘ relations between core and periphery economies ⓘ |
| argues |
international economic relations reproduce dependency
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poverty in the Global South is linked to global capitalism ⓘ underdevelopment is structurally produced ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Global South studies
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critical development studies ⓘ |
| critiques |
modernization theory
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neoclassical development theory ⓘ |
| describedAs |
classic text in dependency analysis
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seminal work of Marxist-inspired development economics ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
historical specificity of capitalist development
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interaction of internal and external factors in underdevelopment ⓘ power relations in the world economy ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
economic dependency
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historical causes of underdevelopment ⓘ persistent poverty ⓘ structural causes of underdevelopment ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Marxist political economy
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dependency theorists ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
Global South
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development economics ⓘ economic dependency ⓘ political economy ⓘ underdevelopment ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework |
Marxism
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dependency theory ⓘ political economy approach ⓘ |
| usedIn |
courses on Global South politics
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courses on political economy ⓘ university courses on development economics ⓘ |
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