The political economy of underdevelopment / Amiya Kumar Bagchi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bagchi, Amiya Kumar.

Series:

Modern Cambridge economics

Modern Cambridge economics.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Developing countries.

Physical Description:

viii, 280 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1982.

Summary:

This book provides an introduction to the problems of development faced by poor third-world countries, making use of both Marxist and neo-Keynesian methods of analysis. It also makes clear the historical origins of these contemporary problems, particularly with reference to the major countries of Asia and Latin America, and discusses the ways in which inequalities, both within and between countries, are propagated and perpetuated.

Other problems analysed are the typical patterns of fluctuating growth faced by third-world countries; the social structures in both rural and urban areas and their influence on the behaviour of governments and private investors in these countries; and environmental control and population planning issues faced by these countries. Finally, an introduction is provided to the planning methods adopted by most third-world countries and the hurdles such planning has encountered. The illustrations are drawn widely from among third-world countries.

Contents:

1 Political economy and the study of social change in the third world 1

2 Methods of exploitation and the phenomenon of economic retardation 20

3 Underdevelopment in Latin America: historical roots 41

4 Colonialism in Asia: Indonesia, India, China 69

5 Growth and fluctuations in economically retarded societies 112

6 Rural classes, land reforms and agrarian change 147

7 Labour, capital and the state 179

8 Population growth and the quality of life in the third world 202

9 Planning for capitalism in the third world 220.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 254-276.

ISBN:

0521240247

OCLC:

7615040