Political Science 2231E Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Eduardo Galeano, Andre Gunder Frank, Labour Power
5 Oct 2016
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Holistic = interwoven: politics, economics, society, culture, technology, , interconnected: whole (! Forces of production: means of production = factories, land, etc, labour power = people. Mode of production: mode of production, economic production system, how society produces & distributes goods/services to satisfy needs & wants, history: hunting/gathering > feudal agriculture > capitalism. Capitalism is the current mode of production. Higher profits = cost of production less than sale. October 5, 2016: identifiable groups + concrete interests, workers overthrow the capitalists, power. Marx (1848): expose mysteries of international politics". Use legitimate force" against those who want to change or overthrow capitalism: rescue capitalism from cyclical economic crises [chile, etc. , 1970s, enforce costs of economic crises (not on capitalists) [saps] Names: raul prebisch, andre gunder frank, henrique cardoso (eduardo galeano) Attacked american modernization theory: ristow"s stages of growth". Middle class: no = ristow"s stages of growth". Lack of access to goods/services -> growing income inequality.
