Foreign Economic Relations - General & miscellaneous, General Economic Policies, Economic Conditions - General & Miscellaneous, Economic Development, Development
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Overview
Development may be best understood in terms of the fluid and variable interplay between capital accumulation, the state and class. Subject to globalizing structures, classes, in turn, are examined in their interactions with culture, especially gender and religion as well as ecology. Case-studies -- Brazil, the Asian newly industrializing countries, China and Mozambique -- reveal three possibilities for overcoming underdevelopment: joining, leaving, or weaving through global capitalism.Rejecting the distinction between theory and practice as a false dichotomy, for the two are always tied, this analysis does not fail to present sharply defined principles upon which actual programmatic work can be based. To break the structures of underdevelopment, thirdworld countries must grasp the contradictions that drive the global political economy, not rely primarily on the impulses generated by the heartlands of world capitalism, learn to balance the ties of dependency, and exploit international market forces while setting limits to exploitation.
Editorials
Booknews
An update of Mittelman's 1988 "Out From Underdevelopment" taking into account such changes as the collapse of the communism in eastern Europe and the extending grasp of the global economy. Raises a number of questions about ideologies, structures, and strategies of accumulation in the Third World. Assumes informed but non-specialist readers open to critical reflection, primarily but not exclusively undergraduates in political economics or area studies. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
January 28, 1997
Publisher
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1997.
Pages
317
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780312164669