The geography of underdevelopment : a critical survey

The geography of underdevelopment : a critical survey / D.K. Forbes.

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 conditio...

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Main Author: Forbes, D. K. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxfordshire, England ; New York : Routledge, 2014.
Series:Routledge library editions. Development ; Volume 68.
Subjects:
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
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Table of 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.

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