The great divergence : hegemony, uneven development, and global inequality / edited by Jomo K.S.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jomo K. S. (Jomo Kwame Sundaram)

Series:

Long twentieth centruy.

The long twentieth centruy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Colonial influence.

Developing countries--Economic conditions.

Developing countries.

Economic conditions.

Developing countries--Colonial influence.

Imperialism--History--20th century.

Imperialism.

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 262 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Summary:

The volume consists of historical surveys of North-South cross-border economic flows and their impact on the Third World. Each chapter discusses international trade, investment, finance, and labour from the late nineteenth century to the present. The end of the Cold War and the unchallenged hegemony and ascendance of the USA politically has been followed by the emerging evidence of changing global economic inequality. In this book, the era of imperialism and the emergence of the developmental state and selective industrial policy are surveyed along with their impact and implications. Particular attention is given to similarities and differences in the transformation of various regions in the last quarter century which is associated with increased economic volatility, growing international economic inequalities, reduced aid flows and other contradictory economic developments favouring trans-national corporate (especially financial) ascendance.

Contents:

Introduction / Jomo K.S.

The concept of mode of production and theory of imperialism / Prabhat Patnaik

Latin America and the world economy in the long twentieth century / José Antonio Ocampo

Africa in the long twentieth century / Bill Freund

Imperialism in Africa / Lance van Sittert

The Middle East in the long twentieth century / Faruk Tabak

Southeast Asia: imperial possession and dispossession in the long twentieth century / Maria Serena I. Diokno

India in the long twentieth century / Sumit Sarkar

Lenin's theory of imperialism today / Prabhat Patnaik.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0195673867

9780195673869

OCLC:

62897382

Publisher Number:

9780195673869

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