Theatres of accumulation studies in Asian and Latin American urbanisation
In the great cities of Latin America and Asia, international business and local firms meet and, in particular, influence teh development strategies of Third World countries. The authors of Theatres of Accumulation argue that these cities play a crucial role in the process of capital accumulation and...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Routledge
2007.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
| Colección: | Routledge library editions. The city
Cities in the developing world |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628139906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Theatres of Accumulation; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; 1 Third World Urbanization: A Changing Scenario; Introduction; Changing Patterns of Third World Urbanization; New Approaches to Third World Urbanization; Persistent Problems of Third World Urbanization; 2 Development Theory and Urbanization: Rethinking the Paradigm; Prologue; Introduction; The Developing Development Paradigm; EClA, the Dependency Challenge and Underdevelopment Theory; Dependence as an Internal Practice; Class Relations and Modes of Production
- Applying the ConceptsInternal and External Factors in Development: A Case Study; Conclusion; 3 Cities: Theatres of Accumulation, Centres of Diffusion; Introduction; Skewed Development and Urbanization; Convergence and Divergence in Third World Urbanization; The Mechanisms of Conservation-Dissolution and the Urbanization Process; Activating the Theory; 4 Accumulation and Latin American Cities; Introduction; Industrial Production and Accumulation; Industrialized Agriculture; Free Trade Zones; Industrialization and Urban Change; Intra-Urban Circuits, Modernization and Consumption
- Convergence in Latin America's Cities?Confrontation and Continentalization; 5 The Urbanization Process, Accumulation and Industrialization in the Market Economies of Asia; Introduction; Urbanization in Asia: Some Close-Ups; Capital Circuits and Networks; Urbanization and Industrialization: The Main Components of This Relationship in the Asian Market Economies; Conclusion; 6 Ecuador: Accumulation and the Producers; Introduction; The National Context; Accumulation and Producers in Southern Ecuador; The Significance of the Feria; Migration - A Rural Response
- Population Changes in Rural CommunitiesCuenca: Regional Centre; 7 Ecuador: Capital and the Accumulators; Introduction; Accumulation's Other Face: The Ruling Class; The Church, Surplus and Accumulation; The State and Regional Development; 8 Conservation-Persistence in the Two-Circuit System of Hong Kong: A Case Study of Hawkers; Introduction; The Context; Hawkers in the Hong Kong-Kowloon Metropolitan Area: A Case Study 1969-71; Hawkers' Participation in Petty Commodity Retailing; Conclusion: Conservation-Preservation in the Two-Circuit System
- 9 Women Workers or Working Women? A Case Study of Female Workers in MalaysiaIntroduction; Proletarianization, Free Trade Zones and Women Workers; Female Proletarianization and Urbanization in Malaysia; The Factory System; The Urban Setting; A Penang Case Study; Theoretical Implications; Conclusion; 10 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; General and Theoretical; Latin America; Asia; Index
