Dependent Development: The Alliance of Multinational, State, and Local Capital in Brazil

by Peter B. Evans

Book Overview

In order to analyze Brazil's recent accumulation of capital in the light of its continued dependence, Peter Evans focuses on the relationships among multinational corporations, local private entrepreneurs, and state-owned enterprises that have developed in Brazil over the last decade. He argues that while relations among the three kinds of capital continue to be contradictory, a triple alliance has been formed that provides the social structural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691021856
• ISBN13: 9780691021850
• Release Date: April 1979
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Important and Worthwhile Read

While a challenging read, Evans offers us an invaluable look at Brazil's shift from "classic dependence" to "dependent development". This is not a look at class struggle but rather an in-depth look at the internal make-up of the Brazilian elite. Evans shows us that Brazil's economy at the beginning of the Twentieth Century based on primary exports, though profitable, was simply too volatile and too susceptible to pressure from emerging competitors. What followed was a shift towards industrialization and a place in the semi-periphery, based on "a delicate combination of social forces and historical circumstances". The nature of the subject matter is complex but the importance of Evans' leftist take on the evolution of the Brazilian economy is too important to have this put you off. For those interested in the Brazilian case, or those curious as to how a state makes the shift from the classically dependent periphery to the less dependent semi-periphery, this book is a valuable addition.

Essentail to the study of dependency

An important case study of Brazilian economics and dependent develpoment. By no means an easy read, but more than well worth the time.

A fabulous classic on dependency theory

Just the quickest of all notes: a very good book, a classic. Not "silly with cumbersome words," as described by another reviewer. You must pay attention to what you are reading here, hence not for all readers