Struggle for Development and Democracy

Alessandro Olsaretti is an independent researcher in Montreal. He has published articles in Critical Sociology, the Journal of Classical Sociology, and Historical Materialism. He has also worked on Ottoman history, social history, and the history of social and political thought, and has published in the Radical History Review, Social History, and the International History Review. Outside academia, he has worked as a database analyst in the finance sector, development sector, and fundraising sector, and has published a novel titled The Caravaggio Code. He is working on a series of essays titled Towards a Humanist Social Science.

• AcknowledgmentsList of Figures and TablesIntroduction1 The approach to theory and the goals of the book2 The general theory in comparison to other theoriesPart 1Summary of the Hypotheses and Theses of the TheoryIntroduction to Part 11 Hypotheses on Neoliberalism and Elites and Collective Action1 Definitions of the Main Concepts of the General Theory2 Gramsci’s Theory of Hegemony and Uneven Development3 Hypotheses on Neoliberalism and the Hegemony of Elites4 Refined Hypotheses on the Italian and British Case Studies2 The Theses and Additional Hypotheses of the General Theory1 Theses about the Sources of Development and Democracy2 Theses about Imperialism and Uneven Development3 Additional Hypotheses on Other Countries as Case Studies4 Additional Hypotheses on Neoliberalism and PopulismPart 2Key Approaches and Concepts from Sociology and GeographyIntroduction to Part 23 Macro Historical Sociology and Geography and World Systems Theory1 General Theory and Macro Historical Sociology and Foundations2 World Systems Theory and the Maximum Systems in the World3 Causal Chains and Reference Frames within the Main Arguments4 The Semantic Reference Frame and the Rise of the West5 The Geographic Reference Frame and Interstate and Social Conflict6 Geopolitics and the Social War of Position and of Maneuver4 The Sociology of Development and Political and Cultural Sociology1 The Sociology of Development and the Role of the State2 Embedded Autonomy and Types of State Systems3 Political Sociology and Interstate Conflict in State Systems4 Cultural Sociology and Nation-States and Development5 The Interaction between External and Internal Dynamics6 The Social War of Maneuver and Violent Social MovementsPart 3Development and Democracy and the Division of Labour in SocietyIntroduction to Part 35 Theoretical Groundwork on Power and the Division of Labour in Society1 The Division of Labour in Society and Capabilities2 Capabilities within a Theory of Power and Conflict3 The Provision of Capital and the Importance of Regulation4 Regulation and System States and System Change5 The Balance of Power and Separation of Powers between Arenas6 The Argument Regarding Uneven Development within a Country6 Theses on the Sources of Development and Democracy1 Theses i and ii and the Definitions of Basic Concepts2 Thesis iii on the Division of Labour as a Source of Development3 Thesis iv on Embedded Autonomy as a Source of Development4 Thesis v and the Full Definition of Democracy Including Institutions5 Thesis vi on Interactions between Development and Democracy6 Thesis vii and the Loss of Development and DemocracyPart 4Development and Democracy and the Division of Labour in the World SystemIntroduction to Part 47 Theoretical Groundwork on Power and the Division of Labour in the World System1 The Division of Labour in the World System and Geopolitical Areas2 Geopolitical Areas and the Rules of Projection of Power3 The Effects of the Projection of Power outside the Core4 The Effects of Heightened Conflict on Hegemony outside the Core5 Political-Military Development and State and Market Formation6 The Argument Regarding Uneven Development across Countries8 Theses on the Sources of Imperialism and Uneven Development1 Thesis viii on Democracy and the Balance of Power2 Theses ix and x on Conflict and Transitions to Capitalism3 Theses xi and xii on Conflict Leading from Democracy to Imperialism4 Thesis xiii on the Effects of Imperialism Upon Uneven Development5 Thesis xiv on Economic Effects on the Core6 Thesis xv on Political-Military Effects on the CoreConclusionsBibliographyIndex