From Urban Involution to Proletarian Transformation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3827770 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Terry Mcgee (University of British Columbia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 77 |
| Pages | 295-308 |
| Publication date | 2005-04-12 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cahiers de géographie du Québec (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-9766 • E-ISSN: 1708-8968 |
| Publisher | Consortium Erudit (PUBLISHER • CA) |
| DOI | 10.7202/021725ar |
| OpenAlex | W2009769013 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 17 |
Broad types and stages in the geography of development are identified. Notwithstanding their interest, these approaches have not adequately explained the processes of development, such as growth of wage labour. In earlier studies of these processes, during the sixties and seventies, the author had foreseen that proletarianization of labour would not occur rapidly in Southeast Asia. This proved to be wrong. The basic reason for this lack of foresight was due to the narrow definition of proletarian transformation for which a broader definition is still needed. A model is proposed to better understand how capitalist expansion penetrates non-proletarian activities. Felt needs and patterns of consumption must also be examined. Desire to obtain consumer needs can actually act as a factor of proletarianization. The question of the dislocation of non-proletarian activities appears crucial both in the agricultural and non-agricultural settings and a search for better theoretical understanding of these empirical processes is essential
Agriculture · Economic geography · Economic system · Economics · Geography · Involution (esoterism) · Labour economics · Neoclassical economics · Political science · Proletarianization · Proletariat · Sociology · Wage · Wage labour · Asian Studies and History · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Socioeconomic Development in Asia
Cities of peasants
From Peasant to Proletarian
Melanesia
The Articulation of Modes of Production
Development and Underdevelopment
The Geography of Underdevelopment
Anglo‐saxon Geography and the Study of Underdevelopment
The Spread of Modernization in Malaya
On One Geography and a Third World
Tanzania 1920-63
The Theory of Peasant Co-operatives
Ethnic and class relations in Malaysia
Hawkers in Southeast Asian Cities
The Politics of Basic Needs
Historical patterns of capitalist penetration in Malaysia
The Development of the Underdevelopment of the Malaysian Peasantry
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |