S B D de Silva

The Political Economy of Underdevelopment

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1982, this reissue deals with the theory of underdevelopment, as Dr. de Silva attempts a synthesis between the internal and external aspects of underdevelopment and, in the Marxist tradition, focuses on the impact of the external on the internal as the dominant reality. Viewing underdevelopment as a problem in the non-transformation to capitalism, this analysis is in terms of the character of the dominant capital and of the dominant classes. Underdevelopment thus encompasses the 'traditional' peasant economy and also the export sector where the 'modernizing' influence of colonialism was felt. The book finally considers how the contemporary internationalization of capital affected the economies of the Third World.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 656
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 907g
• ISBN-13: 9780415851367
• ISBN-10: 041585136X
• Artikelnr.: 37086968

Autorenporträt

S. B. D. de Silva

Inhaltsangabe

1. Economic Underdevelopment: a Politico-Historical Perspective Part I:
Investment Patterns in the Settler and Non-Settler Situations 2. Economic
Underdevelopment and the Settler/ Nonsettle Dichotomy 3. Export Staples and
their Contrasting Impact on Development - the Settler and the Nonsettler
Regions 4. Economic Development in the Settler and the Nonsettler Colonies:
Differences in Scope and Orientation 5. Settler Autonomy as a Basis of
Growth Impulses 6. Settler Growth and the Repression of Indigenous
Interests Part II: The Plantation System and Underdevelopment 7.
Plantations and their Metropolitan Orientation 8. Problems of Labour Supply
and the recourse to Migrant Labour: I. Labour Shortages and
Non-availability of Indigenous Labour 9. Problems of Labour Supply and the
recourse to Migrant Labour: II. The Response of the Indigenous Labour to
the Plantation System 10. The Scale of Plantation Operations and Productive
Efficiency - A Distorted Image 11. Plantations and Technological Stagnation
12. Labour Relations in Plantations Part III: Towards a Theory of
Underdevelopment 13. The Framework and Mechanisms of Metropolitan Control
14. The Domination of Plantation Interests by Merchant Capital: Agency
House-Plantation Relations 15. Merchant Capitalism and Underdevelopment 16.
Plantations, Economic Dualism and the Colonial Mode of Production 17. The
Political Economy of Underdevelopment