Unequal Development by Samir Amin
An Essay on the Social Formations of Peripheral Capitalism
A sweeping Marxist critique of global capitalism that explains persistent poverty and inequality as the product of an integrated world-system in which wealthy 'center' economies structurally exploit and underdevelop 'peripheral' countries through unequal exchange, dependent development, and the international division of labor; it rejects modernization theory, analyzes how national bourgeoisies, imperialism, and international institutions perpetuate distortionary industrialization and agrarian crises, and argues that genuine emancipation requires structural transformation, regional cooperation or strategic delinking, and socialist-oriented policies to overcome chronic dependency and achieve autonomous, equitable development.
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- - Le développement inégal
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