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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808524803321

Autore

Sotelo Valencia Adrián

Titolo

Sub-imperialism revisited : dependency theory in the thought of Ruy Mauro Marini / / by Adrian Sotelo Valencia ; translated by Jacob Lagnado

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2017]

ISBN

90-04-31941-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Studies in critical social sciences ; ; v. 105

Critical global studies ; ; v. 7

Disciplina

338.98

Soggetti

Economic development - Latin America

Capitalism - Political aspects - Latin America

Capitalism - Political aspects

Economic development

Imperialism

Latin America

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Dependency Theory in the Post-1945 Development Literature of Latin America -- Marini’s Marxism and Dependency Theory Today -- Chapter 3: Neo-Imperialism and Neo-Dependency: Two Sides of the Same Historical-Political Process -- Sub-Imperialism and Dependency -- The United States and Brazil: Antagonistic Cooperation -- Brasil Potência vs. Sub-Imperialism -- Dictatorship, Democracy and the State of the Fourth Power -- Sub-Imperialism and the Contemporary Capitalist Crisis -- Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

Does the growing economic might of regional superpowers like Brazil mean that dependency theory of the 1960s was all wrong? The answer to this and many other enigmas of development is found in Sub-Imperialism Revisited , a theoretically rigorous study by the brilliant Mexican analyst Adrián Sotelo Valencia. In analysing the 21st Century conditions of Latin America, Sotelo systematically explores the concept of \'sub-imperialism\' as advanced in the pioneering work of Ruy Mauro Marini. Himself a former student of Marini, Sotelo elucidates the



explanatory power of a fully Marxist conception of imperialism and underdevelopment while providing considerable insight into opposing conceptions of dependency. This timely book ultimately enables readers to appreciate why radical dependency theory remains more relevant today than ever.