Dependency theory revisited

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Ghosh, B. N.

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Aldershot : Ashgate, 2001

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9780754615156

Subject Term:

Economic development -- Social aspects

Dependency (Psychology)

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This volume of work considers theories that uphold the view that the induction of capitalism has been a factor responsible for the accentuation of underdevelopment in less developed countries. Following the Marxist approach, some scholars tried to explain development and underdevelopment with reference to and as a function of world capitalism. The theories of dependency provided radical explanations to the problem of underdevelopment. Radical theorists argued that the problem of underdevelopment could not be considered in a vacuum, but should be related to the phenomenon of development of capitalist countries.

List of Figures	p. viii
List of Tables	p. ix
Prefatory Note	p. x
1 The Ontology of Dependency	p. 1
What is Dependency?	p. 1
The Historicity	p. 1
Macrocosmic and Microcosmic Systems	p. 2
Distinctions Between Microcosmic System and Macrocosmic System	p. 3
The Nature of Dependency and Exploitation	p. 5
Mechanism of Surplus Appropriation	p. 7
The Convergence in the Dependency Models	p. 8
The Epistemic Basis of Dependency Theory	p. 9
Dependency Studies in a Developing Country	p. 10
Towards an Appraisal	p. 11
2 Karl Marx on Development and Underdevelopment	p. 16
On the Nature of Development	p. 16
On the Nature of Underdevelopment	p. 18
Structuralist Approach	p. 18
Surplus Extraction Approach (SEA)	p. 20
Comparative Elements in Development and Underdevelopment	p. 21
The Process of Growth	p. 21
Towards a Critical Appraisal	p. 24
3 Paul Baran's Analysis of Economic Backwardness and Economic Growth	p. 28
Essential Features of Paul Baran's Analysis	p. 28
Typology of Surplus	p. 30
Critical Appraisal	p. 38
4 Andre Gunder Frank's Analysis of Development of Underdevelopment	p. 41
Major Tenets of Frank's Thesis on Development of Underdevelopment	p. 41
Frank's Micro-Macro Structures of Underdevelopment and Development	p. 50
Critical Appraisal	p. 51
5 Samir Amin on Unequal Development	p. 57
Exposition of Samir Amin's Basic Thesis	p. 58
Distinction Between Central Capitalism and Peripheral Capitalism	p. 59
Critical Appraisal	p. 67
6 The Structuralist Models	p. 71
Generalised Structuralist Model (GSM)	p. 71
Dos Santos's Structuralist Model of Dependence (DSM)	p. 75
Distinctions Between GSM Model and DSM Model	p. 80
Critical Appraisal	p. 81
7 The Theories of Unequal Exchange	p. 83
Prebisch-Singer Thesis	p. 83
Distinctions Between Centre and Periphery	p. 86
Critical Appraisal	p. 89
Arghiri Emmanuel on Unequal Exchange	p. 90
Narrow Interpretation of Unequal Exchange	p. 92
Broad Interpretation of Unequal Exchange	p. 94
Critical Appraisal	p. 97
8 The Peripheral Writers on Dependency	p. 102
(A) Celso Furtado on Underdevelopment and Dualism	p. 103
(B) Geoffrey Kay's Views on Development and Underdevelopment	p. 107
(C) F. H. Cardoso on Dependency and Development in Latin America	p. 111
(D) Bill Warren's Views on Dependency	p. 113
(E) Osvaldo Sunkel on External Dependence and National Development Policy	p. 116
(F) Immanuel Wallerstein's Modern World System	p. 119
(G) Marini's Dependencia Dialectica	p. 122
(H) Gunnar Myrdal's Theory of Circular Causation	p. 124
(I) Anthony Giddens's Evolutionary Theory of Development and Change	p. 128
9 Contemporary Issues in the Dependency Debate	p. 133
(i) Dependency and Development: Intertemporal Paradigm Shifts	p. 134
(ii) Human Development and Human Rights	p. 138
(iii) Technological Imperialism	p. 142
(iv) Brain Drain and Reverse Transfer of Technology	p. 145
(v) World Monetary System and the New International Economic Disorder	p. 151
(vi) Globalisation as Unequal Competition	p. 156
(vii) The West and the Rest: Between the End of History and the Clash of Civilisation	p. 161
Bibliography	p. 168
Index	p. 174

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