Global development economy.
The question is:
1. How does colonization matter for development? Can its legacies be overcome? Is the Global South Developing with the Global North?
Use these sources:
Essential readings:
Chilcote, R. H. (1974) ‘Dependency: A Critical Synthesis of the Literature’, Latin American Perspectives 1(1): 4-29. Arrighi, G., Silver, B., and Brewer, B. (2003) ‘Industrial Convergence, Globalization, and the Persistence of the North-South Divide’, Studies in Comparative International Development 38(1): 3-31.
Further readings:
Berger, M. T. (1994) ‘The End of the “Third World”?’ Third World Quarterly 15(2): 257-75.
Booth, D. (1985) ‘Marxism and Development Sociology: Interpreting the Impasse’, World Development 13(7): 761-87.
Cardoso, F. H. (1972) ‘Dependent Capitalist Development in Latin America’, New Left Review I/74 (July-August): 83-95. Engerman, S. and Sokoloff, K. (2005) ‘Colonialism, Inequality, and Long-Run Paths of Development’, NBER Working Paper Series (No. 11057): 1-34. Frank, A. G. (1970) ‘The Development of Underdevelopment’, in R. F. Rhodes (ed.) Imperialism and Underdevelopment. New York: Monthly Review Press, pp. 4-17. Available online here. Lal, D. (1997/1983) The Poverty of ‘Development Economics’. London: Institute of Economic Affairs, pp. 35-55. Lall, S. (1975) ‘Is “Dependence” and Useful Concept in Analysing Underdevelopment?’ World Development 3(11/12): 799-810. Sylvester, C. (1999) ‘Development Studies and Postcolonial Studies: Disparate Tales of the “Third World”’, Third World Quarterly 20(4): 703-21. Smith, T. (1979) ‘The Underdevelopment of Development Literature: The Case of Dependency Theory’, World Politics 31(2): 247-88. Vernengo, M. (2006) ‘Technology, Finance, and Dependency: Latin American Radical Political Economy in Retrospect’, Review Of Radical Political Economics 38(4): 551-68