Theory and Methodology of World Development

Theory and Methodology of World Development

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Theory and Methodology of World Development The Writings of Andre Gunder Frank Edited by Sing C. Chew and Pat Lauderdale palgrave macmillan

THEORY AND METHODOLOGY OF WORLD DEVELOPMENT Copyright Sing C. Chew and Pat Lauderdale, 2010. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2010 978-0-230-62311-8 All rights reserved. First published in 2010 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN in the United States a division of St. Martin s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave and Macmillan are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-38455-6 ISBN 978-0-230-10850-9 (ebook) DOI 10.1057/9780230108509 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Theory and methodology of world development : the writings of Andre Gunder Frank / edited by Sing C. Chew and Pat Lauderdale. p. cm. (Evolutionary processes in world politics) ISBN 978-1-349-38455-6 (alk. paper) 1. Economic history. 2. Economic development. I. Frank, Andre Gunder, 1929 II. Chew, Sing C. III. Lauderdale, Pat. HC26.T44 2010 338.9001 dc22 2009033357 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: April 2010 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

CONTENTS Acknowledgments About the Editors vii ix Part 1 On National Development: The Development of Underdevelopment One The Development of Underdevelopment 7 Andre Gunder Frank (1966) Two Sociology of Development and the Underdevelopment of Sociology 19 Andre Gunder Frank (1967) Part 2 From National Development to World Development: The Underdevelopment of Development Three Transitional Ideological Modes: Feudalism, Capitalism, Socialism 79 Andre Gunder Frank (1991) Four A Structural Theory of the 5,000-Year World System 97 Andre Gunder Frank with Barry Gills (2002) Five A Plea for World System History 125 Andre Gunder Frank (1991) Six Part 3 Beyond Eurocentrism, Systems Transformation, and Social Movements The 5,000-Year World System: An Interdisciplinary Introduction 155 Andre Gunder Frank with Barry Gills (1992)

vi Seven Contents The World Economic System in Asia before European Hegemony 209 Andre Gunder Frank (1994) Eight Debunk Mythology, Reorient Reality 225 Andre Gunder Frank (2005) Nine Social Movements 271 Andre Gunder Frank with Marta Fuentes (1990) Index 287

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Editors would like to thank the Publishers and Editors of the respective journals and books who have kindly provided permission to reprint the chapters/articles of Gunder Frank that have been published previously. With the exception of Sage Publications, the permissions have been provided free of charge. We also like to thank Dan Sarabia and Keith McHugh for compiling the index. (1) Chapter 1 The Development of Underdevelopment, in Andre Gunder Frank, Latin America: Underdevelopment or Revolution. New York: Monthly Review Press, 1996. (2) Chapter 2 The Sociology of Development and the Underdevelopment of Sociology, in Catalyst #3, 1967. (3) Chapter 3 Transitional Ideological Modes: Feudalism, Capitalism, Socialism, in Critique of Anthropology, Vol. 11, #2, 1991, Sage Publications. (4) Chapter 4 A Structural Theory of the Five Thousand Year World System, in Sing C. Chew and David Knottnerus (eds.), Structure, Culture and History: Recent Issues in Social Theory. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers. (5) Chapter 5 A Plea for World System History, in Journal of World History, Vol. 2, #1, 1991, University of Hawaii Press. (6) Chapter 6 The Five Thousand Year World System: An Interdisciplinary Introduction, in Humboldt Journal of Social Relations, Vol. 18, #1, 1992, Department of Sociology, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA 95521. (7) Chapter 7 The World Economic System in Asia before European Hegemony, in The Historian, Vol. 56, #2, Winter 1994, Wiley- Blackwell Publishers. (8) Chapter 8 Debunk Mythology, Reorient Reality, unpublished manuscript, Allison Frank, widow of Gunder Frank and literary executor. (9) Chapter 9 Social Movements, in New Directions in the Study of Justice, Law, and Social Control, Plenum Press

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ABOUT THE EDITORS Sing C. Chew is Professor at Humboldt State University and Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology at Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Leipzig, Germany. He is coeditor of Andre Gunder Frank s Festschrift, The Underdevelopment of Development,and is the founding editor of the interdisciplinary journal, Nature and Culture. His most recent book is Ecological Futures: What History Can Teach Us, a trilogy on Nature-Culture relations over world history of which the first two volumes are World Ecological Degradation and The Recurring Dark Ages. Pat Lauderdale is Professor of Justice at Arizona State University. His recent publications include a special issue of the Journal of Developing Societies celebrating the work of Andre Gunder Frank, research on the world system from a Frankian perspective, global indigenous struggles, and a new book on state and international terrorism, Terrorism: A New Testament, with Annamarie Oliverio. He continues his research on the analyses of globalization, nation-statism, rational capitalism, and concentration of power in the postcolonial world by focusing upon cracks in the armor of the dominant Western paradigm.