Dependency Theory After Fifty Years

Claudio Katz is a research professor at the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina. He is the author of numerous books and articles on economics, politics, and Latin American society. His views are synthesized in Neoliberalismo, neo-desarrollismo, socialismo.

• Prologuepart 1Background1 Marx and the Periphery1  Cosmopolitan Socialism2 Rebellions and Rethinking3 Slavery and Oppression4 Democracies and Communes5  A New Paradigm6 Convergence and Cleavages7  Exogenous and Endogenous Causes8 Liberal Interpretations9 Varieties of Eurocentrism10 People without History11 Nations and Nationalism12 State and Progress13 Legacies2 Underdevelopment in the Classical Marxists1  Justifications for Colonialism2 The Revolutionary Position3 Rights to Self-Determination4 Pillars of Anti-Imperialism5  Uneven Development6 Stages and Imperialism7  The Function of the Periphery8 Accumulation by Dispossession9 Uneven and Combined Development10 Challenges and Extensions11 Enduring Concepts3 Center and Periphery in Postwar Marxism1  Deindustrialization and Surplus2  Stagnation and Domination3  Polemics with Liberalism4 Amin's Five Theses5  World Value and Polarization6 Unequal Exchange7  Dependency and Socialism8 Collective Imperialism9 Mandel's Perspective10 Bifurcations and Neutralizations11 Imbalances and Fluctuations12 Socialist Convergencespart 2Development4 The Rise of Dependency Theories1  Socialism and Liberalism2  Developmentalism and Marxism3  The New Categories4 Subimperialism and the National Bourgeoisie5  Theories and Particularities6 The Metropolis-Satellite Perspective7  Two Different Approaches8 Development and Dependency9 Theoretical Confusion10 An Illuminating Debate11 Socio-liberal Regression5 Critiques and Convergences1  Functionalism without Subjects2  Mechanical Exogenism3  Problems of Pan-Capitalism4 Methodological Singularity?5  Perspectives on 'Popular Unity' in Chile6 Endogenism: Traditional and Transformed7  Agreement against Post-Marxism8 Return to Dependency9 The Opposite Path10 Theoretical Synthesis11 Methodological Convergence12 Assessments and Declines 6 Dependency and World-System Theory1  Cycles and Hegemonies2 Orders and Hierarchies3 Relationship to Dependency Theory4 Convergences and Separations5  Convergent Concepts6 Systems or Modes of Production?7  Terminal Crises and Social Subjects8 Two Views on Long Cycles9 Discrepancies on Socialism10 Anti-imperialism and National Traditions11 Only Now Is It Possible?12 Political Strategies7 Three Stages of the Metropolis-Satellite Perspective1  Variety of Approaches2 Controversies over Colonization3 More Elaborate Answers4 Commercial Capitalism5  Political Simplifications6 The Turn toward World-System Theory7  Debates over the Proletariat8 Long Transitions9 The Missing Subject10 Debates over the East11 Problems with 'Asia-Centrism'12 Misunderstanding Capitalism13 Contemporary Influences14 No Response to Dependency8 Anti-dependency Arguments1  Reformulating the Same Approach2 Interdependence?3 Simplified Comparisons4 Stagnationism?5  Monopolies and the Law of Value6  Underdevelopment as a Simple Fact7  Classifications and Examples8  Argentina as a Developed Country?9  Political Challenges10 Marx, Lenin, Luxemburg11 Mythical Proletariat12 Globalist Socialismpart 3Concepts9 Subimperialism i Review of a Concept1  Foundations and Objections2 Evaluation of a Concept3 Another Context4 Economic Interpretations5  Reformulation of a Status6 Controversial Extensions7  Misunderstanding a Category8 Comparison with Semi-Colony9 Dogmatic Inconsistencies10 Subimperialism ii Current Application1  The Main Prototype2 An Adventurous Experiment3 An Uncertain Reconstitution4 Co-imperial Appendages5  Contrasting Situations6 Peculiarities of Another Power7  Empire in Formation8 Another Variant in Formation9 Is Brazil Subimperial Today?10 Comparisons with Other Cases11 Controversies over Application12 Reconsideration and Usefulness11 Insights and Problems of the Super-exploitation Concept1  Logic and Interpretation2 Compatible Objections3 Low Value of Labor Power4 Statistical Irresolution5 The Centrality of Transfers6 Dependency without Super-Exploitation7 Variety of Uses8 Super-exploitation with and without Marx9 Absence of Fordism10 Where Is Exploitation Greater?11 Current Applications12 A Tentative Model13 Controversies over the Extension of Super-Exploitation12 Similarities and Differences with the Age of Marini1  Productive Globalization2 Exploitation and Industrial Remodeling3 The Crisis of Capitalism4 Imperial Reformulations5 The Collapse of the ussr and the Rise of China6 Polarities and Neutralizations7 Diverse Inequalities8 Internationalization without a Political Counterpart9 Problems of Transnationalism10 Semi-peripheral Reordering11 Extent of Subimperialism12 Global South?13 Renewing Dependency Theory13 The Dependent Cycle Forty Years Later1  Tensions and Crises2 Industrial Regression, Obstruction to Consumption3 Effects of Extractivism4 Cycle and Crisis5 The Contrast with Korea6 Other Interpretations7 Other Comparisons8 Relation with China9 Geopolitics, Classes, Governments10 Determinants of Dependency11 Reasons for Reconsideration14 Dependency and the Theory of Value1  Causes of Unequal Exchange2 The Extent of Globalization3 Productive Globalization4 The Meaning of Intensified Labor5 Monopoly and the Duality of Value6 Misunderstanding Underdevelopment7  Raw Material Cycles8 The Reintroduction of Rent9 Imperialist Rents10 International Rent11 Forced Incompatibilities12 The Contrast with Venezuela13 Totalizing VisionsEpilogueReferencesIndex