Although much has been written on the concept, nature, and implications of dependency in underdeveloped countries, there is a noticeable lack of comprehensive material on dependency reversal-the ways and circumstances under which dependency and underdevelopment can be overcome. Dr, Muñoz brings together in a coherent volume the alternative strategi

Also of Interest -- Preface -- Introduction: The Various Roads to Development -- The Scope and Aim of Dependency Theory -- Modernization and Dependency: Alternative Perspectives in the Study of Latin American Underdevelopment -- An Interpretation and Evaluation of Dependency Theory -- New Themes in Dependency Analysis -- The Strategic Dependency of the Centers and the Economic Importance of the Latin American Periphery -- Development Styles and the Environment: An Interpretation of the Latin American Case -- Overcoming Dependency: Selected Strategies -- Negotiating a New Bargain with the Rich Countries -- The Revolution of Being: A Preferred World Model -- The Need for an Ambitious Innovation of the World Order -- The Politics of Self-Reliance -- Collective Self-Reliance: The Case of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) -- The Future of Latin America: Between Underdevelopment and Revolution -- The Evolution of Cuban Development Strategy, 1959-1980 -- Dependence in an Interdependent World: The Limited Possibilities of Transformation Within the Capitalist World Economy -- Towards Another Development