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The Political Economy of Development: Development Theory and the Prospects for Change in the Third World (Suny Radical Social an,Used
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This book focuses on the role of the state in economic development in a variety of Third World settings through an indepth analysis of the past several decades. Berberoglu examines three major alternative development theories: developmentalism, dependency, and neoMarxist. He then critically analyzes these theories and their variants to set the stage for a detailed examination of various development paths.Two paths of capitalist development are contrasted: the exportoriented neocolonial model and the importsubstituting statecapitalist model. The role of the state in each of these alternatives is discussed in the context of the balance of class forces.Berberoglu also provides case studies of Turkey, Tanzania, Peru, and India countries in which the state played a significant role in the development process. In each case, he demonstrates that the process of statecapitalist development inevitably leads to neocolonialism. This exportoriented path ties Third World countries to centers of world capitalism, with all the consequent contradictions that such a linkage entails.The book outlines the class nature of these contradictions on a global scale and maps out the balance of class forces and struggles, the role of the state, and the resultant revolutionary developments that are part of the process of social change and transformation now under way in many Third World countries. Also included is an appendix highlighting the need for a classcentered approach in development studies.
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