Introduction to the Sociology of "Developing Societies"

by Hamza Alavi (Editor), Teodor Shanin

Essays examine the history, economies, political problems, revolutionary movements, class systems, social development, and cultures of the underdeveloped countries from a radical perspective

Genres: Sociology, History, Nonfiction

474 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Marxist academic sociologist and activist. He was born in the Bohra community in Karachi, in the then British India which now constitutes Pakistan and migrated in adulthood to the UK. The focus of his academic work was nationality, gender, fundamentalism and the peasantry. His most noted work was perhaps his 1965 essay Peasant And Revolution in the Socialist Register which stressed the militant role of the middle peasantry. These middle peasants were then viewed as the class in the rural areas which were most naturally the allies of the urban working class. In the 1960s he was one of the co-founders of the Campaign Against Racial Discrimination.

Reviews

[KT · Rating 5 out of 5]

A superb collection of essays centred on theories of imperialism and underdevelopment, definitely one to revisit when analysing capitalism