 Underdevelopment: to conform or reformBrazilian Journal of Political Economy, 1989, vol. 9, issue 4, 457-479 Abstract: This is a synthesis, where the author summarizes his theory of development andunderdevelopment. Some basic ideas are here presented: the economic theory of developmentmust start with the study of history; underdevelopment is a specific historical andeconomical phenomenon, that cannot be thought of in terms of linear stages of history;this historical phenomenon must be studied in structural terms, relating the history and theeconomic aspects; the basic characteristic of underdevelopment is the dependency relation,expressed in the center-periphery system; in the study of the development, the basic conceptto start with is the concept of social surplus, its forms of appropriation and utilization. Thepaper ends with an analysis of the frustrations of a reformist. Protectionism, which was justifiablein the first phase of industrialization, was maintained for too long in Latin America;in the second phase, an active economic policy exports was necessary. On the other hand, the populist risk was always present, while the real social problems related to a high level ofincome concentration were not solved. JEL Classification: B22; E12; B31. Keywords: Development; structuralism; underdevelopment; dependency; history of economic thought; Furtado (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ekm:repojs:v:9:y:1989:i:4:p:457-479:id:1624 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Brazilian Journal of Political Economy from Center of Political Economy |
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