1st Edition
Theatres of Accumulation Studies in Asian and Latin American Urbanization
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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I n 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 of unequal exchange and dependency. They examine the twin patterns of convergence and divergence... Read more
1. Third World urbanization: a changing scenario
2. Development theory and urbanization: rethinking the paradigm
3. Cities: theatres of accumulation, centres of diffusion
4. Accumulation and Latin American cities
5. The urbanization process, accumulation and industrialization in the market economies of Asia
6. Ecuador: accumulation and the producers
7. Ecuador: capital and accumulators
8. Conservation-persistence in the two-circuit system of Hong Kong: a case study of hawkers
9. Women workers or working women? A case study of female workers in Malaysia
10. Conclusion
Biography
Warwick Armstrong, T.G. McGee
