The origins of economic inequality between nations : critique of Western theories on development and underdevelopment / / Carlos Ramirez-Faria |
Autore | Ramirez Faria Carlos <1936-, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (335 p.) |
Disciplina | 330.9001 |
Collana | Routledge library editions: development |
Soggetto topico |
Economic development
Equality |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-53881-4
9786613851260 1-136-85574-2 0-203-83533-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
THE ORIGINS OF ECONOMIC INEQUALITY BETWEEN NATIONS A critique of Western theories on development and underdevelopment; Copyright; The Origins of Economic Inequality between Nations A critique of Western theories on development and underdevelopment; Copyright; Contents; List of abbreviations; List of tables; Introduction; 1 Cultural relativism, Eurocentrism and Marx' Asiatic mode of production; Perception of differences and Eurocentrism; The Asiatic mode of production; Marxist theoretical blind alleys; The evolution of environmental theory
2 The anti-imperialist reaction and the Marxist pre-emption of economic-imperialism theoryColonialism and social imperialism; J. A. Hobson, the patterns of colonialism and the debate over economic imperialism; Marxist theories of imperialism; The Comintern phase of Marxist economic-imperialism theory; The humane face of Eurocentrism and the progress of the West; 3 Policies and politics in the struggle for the Third World; Economic development and world history; The 'birth' of underdevelopment; Pre-1945 theoretical work on economic development The historical context for the growth of development studiesThe history of development studies; The 'mainstream' phase; Modernization theory, or a controversial expansion of development studies; The W. W. Rostow synthesis and its critics; The balance to 1960; Development economics in the 1960s; 4 The Marxist response to Western developmentalism; Introduction; The theoretical shortcomings of the Marxist view of the Third World; Baran's long-view of underdevelopment; The historical context of radicalism; A controversial revision of dependency ideas; A. G. Frank; The definition of dependency Third World contributions to economic-imperialism theoryWestern syntheses on economic-imperialism theory; I. Wallerstein's dependency summation; 5 The overthrow of the orthodoxies and the progress of the West; The onset of disillusion in development studies; Alternative methods and approaches; The dependency debates; The general critique of dependency; The laissez-faire and the Marxist reactions; The historical progress of Europe; Conclusions; Notes; Further Reading; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462539203321 |
Ramirez Faria Carlos <1936-, > | ||
Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The origins of economic inequality between nations : critique of Western theories on development and underdevelopment / / Carlos Ramirez-Faria |
Autore | Ramirez Faria Carlos <1936-, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (335 p.) |
Disciplina | 330.9001 |
Collana | Routledge library editions: development |
Soggetto topico |
Economic development
Equality |
ISBN |
1-136-85573-4
1-283-53881-4 9786613851260 1-136-85574-2 0-203-83533-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
THE ORIGINS OF ECONOMIC INEQUALITY BETWEEN NATIONS A critique of Western theories on development and underdevelopment; Copyright; The Origins of Economic Inequality between Nations A critique of Western theories on development and underdevelopment; Copyright; Contents; List of abbreviations; List of tables; Introduction; 1 Cultural relativism, Eurocentrism and Marx' Asiatic mode of production; Perception of differences and Eurocentrism; The Asiatic mode of production; Marxist theoretical blind alleys; The evolution of environmental theory
2 The anti-imperialist reaction and the Marxist pre-emption of economic-imperialism theoryColonialism and social imperialism; J. A. Hobson, the patterns of colonialism and the debate over economic imperialism; Marxist theories of imperialism; The Comintern phase of Marxist economic-imperialism theory; The humane face of Eurocentrism and the progress of the West; 3 Policies and politics in the struggle for the Third World; Economic development and world history; The 'birth' of underdevelopment; Pre-1945 theoretical work on economic development The historical context for the growth of development studiesThe history of development studies; The 'mainstream' phase; Modernization theory, or a controversial expansion of development studies; The W. W. Rostow synthesis and its critics; The balance to 1960; Development economics in the 1960s; 4 The Marxist response to Western developmentalism; Introduction; The theoretical shortcomings of the Marxist view of the Third World; Baran's long-view of underdevelopment; The historical context of radicalism; A controversial revision of dependency ideas; A. G. Frank; The definition of dependency Third World contributions to economic-imperialism theoryWestern syntheses on economic-imperialism theory; I. Wallerstein's dependency summation; 5 The overthrow of the orthodoxies and the progress of the West; The onset of disillusion in development studies; Alternative methods and approaches; The dependency debates; The general critique of dependency; The laissez-faire and the Marxist reactions; The historical progress of Europe; Conclusions; Notes; Further Reading; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790321903321 |
Ramirez Faria Carlos <1936-, > | ||
Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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