Rethinking Uneven Development

Dunford, Michael

Rethinking Uneven Development

Michael Dunford

Abstract: This pioneering book appraises earlier literature and proposes methodological, theoretical and analytical tools for understanding the uneven evolution of development. Michael Dunford explores how global development and international, national, regional and social inequalities have been shaped by centuries of colonisation, imperialism, industrialisation and hegemonic powers.

Keywords: Uneven And Combined Development; Social And Geographical Inequality; Comparative Modernisation And Industrialisation Paths; Colonialism And Imperialism; Industrial; Mercantile And Financial Capitalism; Hegemony And World Systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035352968
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Chapters in this book:

Introduction to Rethinking Uneven Development: Michael Dunford
Concepts and drivers of uneven (and combined) development in space (synchrony) and time (diachrony): Michael Dunford
Government, money, imperialism and uneven development: Michael Dunford
Modes of production, the world in which capitalism emerged and the assets on which it drew: Michael Dunford
Division of labour, industrial organisation and uneven development: from Smith to Kaldor: Michael Dunford
Geography and uneven development: Michael Dunford
Structuralist, dependency and world systems theories: Michael Dunford
World development: the ‘Little’ and ‘Great’ divergences: Michael Dunford
From the Golden Age to the North Atlantic financial crisis and after: Michael Dunford
Uneven regional and national development: Italy, the UK and China: Michael Dunford
The rise and fall of great powers: macroeconomic geographies and histories: Michael Dunford

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