An overview of third-world problems, making use of Marxist and neo-Kiynesian methods of analysis.

Series preface; Preface; 1. Political economy and the study of social change in the third world; 2. Methods of exploitation and the phenomenon of economic retardation; 3. Underdevelopment in Latin America: historical roots; 4. Colonialism in Asia: Indonesia, India, China; 5. Growth and fluctuations in economically retarded societies; 6. Rural classes, land reforms and agrarian change; 7. Labour, capital and the state; 8. Population for capitalism in the third world; 9. Planning for capitalism in the third world; References; Index.