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Author Forbes, D. K., author

Title The geography of underdevelopment : a critical survey / D.K. Forbes
Published Oxfordshire, England ; New York : Routledge, 2014
©1984

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Description 1 online resource (233 pages) : illustrations, tables
Series Routledge Library Editions: Development ; Volume 68
Routledge library editions. Development ; Volume 68.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Original Copyright; CONTENTS; Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART ONE: GEOGRAPHY AND DEVELOPMENT; 1. World Development in a Historical Context; The Origins of the Contemporary World; Towards a Multipolar World Economy; Conclusion; 2. Geography and Imperialism, 1870-1930; Geography and the Sociology of Knowledge; Early Thoughts on Economic Development; The Institutionalisation of Geography; Geography in Schools and the Expansion of Geographical Societies; Conclusion; 3. Geography, Area Studies and Development Studies
Colonial GeographyRegional Geography and Area Studies; Development Geography; Conclusion; PART TWO: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT; 4. Theories of Imperialism and Underdevelopment; Capitalism and Imperialism; Theories of Dependency; Critics of Dependency Theories; Theories of Capitalist Crisis and the Industrialisation of the Periphery; Conclusion; 5. Post-dependency Theories of Underdevelopment; The Articulation of Modes of Production; A Critique of the 'Articulation' Approach; Class and the Response to Economism; Conclusion
PART THREE: REGIONALISM, URBANISATION AND UNDERDEVELOPMENT6. Social Theory and Regional Uneven Development; The Regional Question; Regional Political Economy; A Critique of Political Economy; Society, Space and Underdevelopment; Conclusion; 7. Migration, Circulation and Urbanisation in Indonesia; Explanations of Migration and Circular Migration; Towards a Theory of Mobility; Migration and Circulation in South Sulawesi; Conclusion; 8. Conflict and Class in the City; Employment and the Informal Sector; Class and Urban Petty Production; Conflict and Class; Conclusion; Conclusion; Bibliography
Summary First published in 1984, this title discusses the emergence of both the orthodox and political economy based approaches to underdevelopment in geography, critically assessing their strengths and weaknesses, and showing the relationship between intellectual developments and changing material conditions. The work is primarily concerned with theories, though it does contain much empirical material drawn from throughout the Third World. The book examines the emergence of theories of development historically and considers the various contemporary theoretical 'schools', both Marxist and non-Marxist
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Economic geography.
Economic development -- Social aspects.
Human geography -- Developing countries
Economic development -- Social aspects
Economic geography
Economic history
Human geography
Developing countries -- Economic conditions.
Developing countries
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780203836811
0203836812