1st Edition

The Geography of Underdevelopment A Critical Survey

By Dean Forbes Copyright 1984
232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1984, this title discusses the emergence of both the orthodox and political economy based approaches to underdevelopment in geography , critically assessing their strengths and weaknesses, and showing the relationship between intellectual developments and changing material conditions. The work is primarily concerned with theories, though it does contain much empirical... Read more

Part I: Geography and Development  1. World Development in a Historical Context  2. Geography and Imperialism 1870-1930  3. Geography, Area Studies, and Development Studies  Part II: The Political Economy of Underdevelopment  4. Theories of Imperialism and Underdevelopment  5. Post-Dependency Theories of Underdevelopment Part III: Regionalism, Urbanisation and Underdevelopment  6. Social Theory and Regional Uneven Development  7. Migration, Circulation and Urbanisation in Indonesia  8. Conflict and Class in the City

Biography

Dean Forbes