From Dependency To Development: Strategies To Overcome Underdevelopment And Inequality

by Heraldo Munoz (Editor)

Overview

Although much has been written on the concept, nature, and implications of dependency in underdeveloped countries, there is a noticeable lack of comprehensive material on dependency reversal—the ways and circumstances under which dependency and underdevelopment can be overcome. Dr, Muñoz brings together in a coherent volume the alternative strategies for dependency reversal that have been posed by leading social scientists; the emphasis is on commonalities, differences, and theoretical and practical derivations. The book outlines the basic features of the dependency literature and clarifies the emergence and development of the dependency paradigm, its meaning, and its differences from other theoretical perspectives on underdevelopment. New aspects of dependency situations are also introduced. Significant alternatives to dependency are offered, taking into account varying geographical, ideological, and functional factors. Though no claim is made that all existing answers to development are included, this is clearly the most complete work available to date.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367018450
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/07/2019
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Heraldo Muñoz is the Chilean ambassador to Brazil.

Table of Contents

Also of Interest — Preface — Introduction: The Various Roads to Development — The Scope and Aim of Dependency Theory — Modernization and Dependency: Alternative Perspectives in the Study of Latin American Underdevelopment — An Interpretation and Evaluation of Dependency Theory — New Themes in Dependency Analysis — The Strategic Dependency of the Centers and the Economic Importance of the Latin American Periphery — Development Styles and the Environment: An Interpretation of the Latin American Case — Overcoming Dependency: Selected Strategies — Negotiating a New Bargain with the Rich Countries — The Revolution of Being: A Preferred World Model — The Need for an Ambitious Innovation of the World Order — The Politics of Self-Reliance — Collective Self-Reliance: The Case of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) — The Future of Latin America: Between Underdevelopment and Revolution — The Evolution of Cuban Development Strategy, 1959-1980 — Dependence in an Interdependent World: The Limited Possibilities of Transformation Within the Capitalist World Economy — Towards Another Development