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The Origins of Economic Inequality Between Nations A Critique of Western Theories on Development and Underdevelopment
By Carlos Ramirez-Faria
Copyright 1991
334 Pages
by
Routledge
334 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1991 this text provides an incisive analysis of theories concerning the origins of economic inequality between nations. Central to the author’s investigation is the concept of underdevelopment, and a focus on successive Western ‘systems of conceptualisation’ of the relationship between the west and the rest of the world. The first part of the book concerns the Marx/Engels... Read more
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Biography
Carlos Ramirez-Faria
