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Industrial Colonialism in Latin America : the Third Stage.
The main underlying contradictions in Latin American development are exposed through a systemic analysis of "industrial colonialism." Figueroa's critical analysis of present imperialism and the neoliberal mode of knowledge creation provides fresh insights into contemporary underdevelo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Brill,
2013.
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| Colección: | Studies in critical social sciences ;
v. 59. Studies in critical social sciences. Critical global studies ; v. 4. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Industrial Colonialism in Latin America; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Tables; Prologue by R.A. Dello Buono; Introduction; 1. Imperialism and Industrial Colonialism; Monopoly, the Role of Science and the Function of the State; Social Relations of Production and Foreign Trade; The Workings of Industrial Colonialism; Imperialism and Nature; Conclusion; 2. Imperialism at the Third Stage; Key Aspects of Crisis; The "Globalization" Strategy; From 1995 Forward; Capital and Nature; Conclusion; 3. The Pattern of Industrial Colonialism.
- Barriers to Regional Appropriation of Scientific Knowledge for ProductionNational Innovation Systems in Latin America; The Universities in the Region; External Limits to Export-led Economic Growth; The Different Functional Roles Within the Region; Internal Contradictions; Political Regimes at the Third Stage; Climate Change in Latin America; Conclusion; 4. Industrial Colonialism and Surpluses of Population; The Over-Supply of Labor-Power and Surplus-Population Theory; Deficits and Surpluses of Population; The Surpluses of Population and Their Activities.
- Relative Surpluses of Population at the Level of Goods Production and RepairsRelative Surpluses in the Sphere of Commodity Circulation; Surpluses of Population Beyond Capital Valorization; What About Home Labor?; The Nature of the Latin American Migrant Worker and the Historical Record; Remittances and Wage Differentials; The Indigenous Population; Conclusion; 5. Industrial Colonialism and Peasant Production; The Social Character of Peasant Production; From Peasant Production to Infra-Subsistence Production; Social Impacts of Neoliberalism on the Countryside; Conclusion.
- Appendix: The Underlying Causes of Underdevelopment in Latin AmericaBibliography; Name Index; Subject Index.