The concept of ‘development’
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- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Review of African Political Economy in Review of African Political Economy
- Vol. 4 (8) , 7-20
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03056247708703308
Abstract
Rather than just debate whether there is an ‘African capitalism’ and whether it can be ‘developmental’ such questions are themselves rejected as meaningless. There is no satisfactory definition of ‘development’ that does not already imply ‘capitalism’, even on the most technological definition. Theories of underdevelopment thus beg the question. Moreover insofar as they offer justification for the ‘logic’ of socialism, they are focusing on Utopian questions of its desirability, and not on the scientific and politically practical issue: that is, as capitalism develops, what social forces are being generated which can bring about transition?Keywords
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