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OBSTACLES TO DEVELOPMENT IN LATIN AMERICA
CELSO FURTADO
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Editora Anchor Books
Área ECONOMIA
Idioma Inglês
Número de páginas 204
Edição 1ª ED 1970
ISBN 34923
EAN 34923
Livro em bom estado de conservação
Celso Furtado is probably the best-known economist in Latin America. In this book he examines the conditions of underdevelopment, which is today the most crucial problem facing the nations of the Third World. Furtado's thesis is that development and underdevelopment are both parts of the same process, the unprecedented spread of modern technology. It is thus unnecessary, according to Professor Furtado, to take a structural approach to the problems of Latin America, a method which is becoming increasingly important in all the social sciences.
In his introduction Professor Furtado discusses underdevelopment and its relation to industrial capitalism. The book deals with U.S. hegemony as a threat to Latin American development, as well as internal economic obstacles to development. The author concludes with a section in which he applies his theories to "a case study" - that of Brazil.
This is an immensely rewarding book for North American readers, because it deals with this most basic problem without any of the all-to-frequent "yanqui" bias. It offers no easy solutions, but it accomplishes the difficult task of thoroughly and accurately defining the problems.