| Accumulation on a World Scale: A Critique of the Theory of Underdevelopment Contributor(s): Amin, Samir (Author) |
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ISBN: 0853452725 ISBN-13: 9780853452720 Publisher: Monthly Review Press OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1974 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | International - Economics - Business & Economics | Personal Finance - Money Management - Business & Economics | Economics - Macroeconomics |
| Dewey: 339.509 |
| LCCN: 72092028 |
| Physical Information: 1.43" H x 5.5" W x 8.25" (1.73 lbs) 640 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Samir Amin has undertaken an ambitious task: nothing less than an analysis of the process of capital accumulation on a global level. Drawing on a wide range of empirical material from Africa and the Middle East, Amin attempts to demonstrate, through a critique of writings on "underdevelopment," how accumulation in advanced capitalist countries prevents development, however that may be defined, within the peripheral social formations, usually referred to as "underdeveloped" countries. Samir Amin ranks among those who realize the necessity not merely to comprehend the growing crisis of world capitalism, as it manifests itself within individual nation states, but also at the world level. |
Contributor Bio(s): Amin, Samir: - Samir Amin is director of the Third World Forum in Dakar, Senegal. His numerous works include The Liberal Virus, Accumulation on a World Scale, Unequal Development, and Spectres of Capitalism. |