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Theory and Methodology of World Development

The Writings of Andre Gunder Frank

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  • © 2010

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Editors:
  1. Sing C. Chew

    1. Humboldt State University, USA
      Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ, Leipzig, Germany

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  2. Pat Lauderdale

    1. Arizona State University, USA

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Part of the book series: Evolutionary Processes in World Politics (EPWP)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. On National Development: The Development of Underdevelopment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-5
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    2. The Development of Underdevelopment

      • Sing C. Chew, Pat Lauderdale
      Pages 7-17

    3. Sociology of Development and the Underdevelopment of Sociology

      • Sing C. Chew, Pat Lauderdale
      Pages 19-73

  3. From National Development to World Development: The Underdevelopment of Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-78
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    2. Transitional Ideological Modes: Feudalism, Capitalism, Socialism

      • Sing C. Chew, Pat Lauderdale
      Pages 79-95

    3. A Structural Theory of the 5,000-Year World System

      • Sing C. Chew, Pat Lauderdale
      Pages 97-123

    4. A Plea for World System History

      • Sing C. Chew, Pat Lauderdale
      Pages 125-149

  4. Beyond Eurocentrism, Systems Transformation, and Social Movements

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-154
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    2. The 5,000-Year World System: An Interdisciplinary Introduction

      • Sing C. Chew, Pat Lauderdale
      Pages 155-207

    3. The World Economic System in Asia before European Hegemony

      • Sing C. Chew, Pat Lauderdale
      Pages 209-224

    4. Debunk Mythology, Reorient Reality

      • Sing C. Chew, Pat Lauderdale
      Pages 225-270

    5. Social Movements

      • Sing C. Chew, Pat Lauderdale
      Pages 271-285

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 287-289
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About this book

This book brings together key, incisive writings (published and unpublished) of the late Andre Gunder Frank on world development and world history. The selections provide the reader with a historical tracing of Gunder Frank's conceptual thinking on development, through to his views on world history, world development and globalization.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Humboldt State University, USA

    Sing C. Chew

  • Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ, Leipzig, Germany

    Sing C. Chew

  • Arizona State University, USA

    Pat Lauderdale

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. Pat Lauderdale is Professor of Justice at Arizona State University, and currently is a visiting scholar in the Department of Sociology at Stanford University. 

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