Dependence as an Explanation of Underdevelopment: A Critique
dc.contributor.author | Weisskopf, Thomas E. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-11-14T23:22:43Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-11-14T23:22:43Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1977-02 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | MichU CenRED D66 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | O110 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | O470 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/101046 | |
dc.description.abstract | This essay seeks to clarify the relationship between dependence and underdevelopment by examining critically some of the major themes in the literature on dependency theory. Three principal arguments are evaluated: (1) that dependence inhibits economic growth; (2) that dependence results in an undesirable pattern of economic development; and (3) that dependence leads to an unviable pattern of development. It is suggested that most dependency theorists do not adequately distinguish between the effects of dependence per se and the effects of the capitalist mode of production in general. Making this distinction, the essay concludes that the effects of dependence per se tend to be overstated in the dependency literature. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Center for Research on Economic Development, University of Michigan | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Center for Research on Economic Development. Discussion Paper | en_US |
dc.subject | Dependence Theory | en_US |
dc.subject | Underdevelopment | en_US |
dc.subject | Capitalist Metropolis | en_US |
dc.subject | Power Dependence | en_US |
dc.subject | Market Dependence | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Measurement of Economic Growth | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Aggregate Productivity | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Cross-Country Output Convergence | en_US |
dc.title | Dependence as an Explanation of Underdevelopment: A Critique | en_US |
dc.type | Working Paper | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Economics | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/101046/1/ECON482.pdf | |
dc.owningcollname | Economics, Department of - Working Papers Series |
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