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Class and Social Development

3 total works

Cover of Middle Classes in Dependent Countries
A sequel to the first volume in this series, Class and Social Development: A New Theory of the Middle Classes (SAGE 1982), this integrated collection of essays offers a refreshingly critical, comprehensive picture of the middle classes′ role in world development. It deserves serious examination by researchers specializing in Third World regions, as well as by students and teachers in fields such as political development, rural sociology, and Marxist studies.

`Social scientists of many political persuasions will find this volume a provocative source of analysis on the historical, social and political roots of class relations and the development of the state in the Third World.′ -- Development Update, Vol 4 No 2, 1985

`This book succeeds admirably in its purpose. Each chapter is an interesting and theoretically sophisticated account of a concrete historical situation. The overall standard is impressively high′ -- Journal of Development Studies, 1986

Cover of Theories of Development
Dependency theory is currently being challenged by a fresh application of classic Marxist principles combined with thinking from Marxist structuralism. The result is a body of work that emphasizes the importance of the mode of production rather than markets or exchange relations. Essays from opposing viewpoints have been collected in this volume to study the Third World and discuss the progressive or regressive role of capitalism in developing countries -- whether production in them is capitalist or pre-capitalist, and re-emphasize the importance of class relations in development. As a review of the complex theoretical issues involved and the intellectual history behind them, the book has much to offer both specialists and students.

Cover of Class and Social Development

Class and Social Development

by Dale L. Johnson

Published 24 November 1982
The essays in this volume expound a new theoretical perspective on the formation and function of the middle class. Drawing on currents within Marxism, particularly Marxist structuralism, the essays first re-examine the basic tenets of class structure theory, then develop their own approach and methodology. This approach is then applied to the study of the North American intermediate class. Why is it sometimes liberal and progressive, sometimes a social basis for right-wing reaction?

`...specialists in Marxist class theory will find it covers most recent developments in analysis and is constructively self-critical.′ -- Reviewing Sociology, Vol 3, Issue 3, 1984