Political Economy of Underdevelopment

Zusammenfassung The division of the world into rich and poor nations! and the division within poor nations between the very rich and the poor majority! has long been obvious to careful observers. This book gives an overview of the problems of underdevelopment confronting third-world countries! making use of Marxist and neo-Keynesian methods of analysis. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series preface; Preface; 1. Political economy and the study of social change in the third world; 2. Methods of exploitation and the phenomenon of economic retardation; 3. Underdevelopment in Latin America: historical roots; 4. Colonialism in Asia: Indonesia, India, China; 5. Growth and fluctuations in economically retarded societies; 6. Rural classes, land reforms and agrarian change; 7. Labour, capital and the state; 8. Population for capitalism in the third world; 9. Planning for capitalism in the third world; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Amiya Bagchi, Amiya Kumar Bagchi
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.1982
• EAN: 9780521284042
• ISBN: 978-0-521-28404-2
• No. of pages: 292
• Series: Modern Cambridge Economics (Pa
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics