The Struggle for Development

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- 1 The Big Lie -- Introduction -- Global capitalism and human impoverishment -- From labour-centred to labour-led development -- Class analysis -- The global labouring class: an introduction -- The rationale and organisation of this book -- Notes -- 2 Capitalism and Poverty -- Introduction -- Global poverty analysis as doublethink -- Capitalism, exploitation and poverty -- Conclusions -- Notes -- 3 Poverty Chains and the World Economy -- Introduction -- The global manufacturing system -- Global poverty chains: three case studies -- Conclusions -- Notes -- 4 Deepening Exploitation: Capital-Centred Development -- Introduction -- Capital-centred development theory: elite subjects, subordinate objects -- Labour as an object of development -- Conclusions -- Notes -- 5 Resisting Exploitation: Labour-Led Development -- Introduction -- A theory of labour-led development -- Labour-led development: contemporary examples -- Conclusions -- Notes -- 6 Beyond Exploitation: Democratic Development -- Introduction -- Contested reproduction and intermittent revolution -- Reabsorption of the state by society -- Redistribution: reclaiming social wealth -- A ten-point plan for democratic development -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Index -- End User License Agreement.