The origins of economic inequality between nations : a critique of Western theories on development and underdevelopment / Carlos Ramirez-Faria.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ramírez Faría, Carlos, 1936-

Series:

Routledge library editions. Development ; Volume 110.

Routledge library editions: development ; 110

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development.

Equality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (335 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First published in 1991 this text provides an incisive analysis of theories concerning the origins of economic inequality between nations. Central to the author's investigation is the concept of underdevelopment, and a focus on successive Western 'systems of conceptualisation' of the relationship between the west and the rest of the world. The first part of the book concerns the Marx/Engels theory of the Asiatic mode of production, and the anti-Imperialist reaction against Eurocentrisim initiated by the theoretical synthesis of J. A. Hobson. This is followed by an examination of the post-Wo

Contents:

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

Notes:

First published in 1991 by Unwin Hyman.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [306]-308) and index.

ISBN:

1-136-85573-4

1-283-53881-4

9786613851260

1-136-85574-2

0-203-83533-6

9780203835333

OCLC:

804663895