Class dynamics of development: a methodological note. Issue 10 (2nd October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Campling, Liam; Miyamura, Satoshi; Pattenden, Jonathan; Selwyn, Benjamin
• Is Part Of: Third world quarterly. Volume 37:Issue 10(2016)
• Page Start: 1745
• Page End: 1767
• Publication Date: 2016-10-02
• Subjects: Class analysis -- Marxism -- development -- method; Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Politics and government -- Periodicals; 909.09724
• DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2016.1200440
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0143-6597

Abstract

Abstract: This article argues that class relations are constitutive of development processes and central to understanding inequality within and between countries. Class is conceived as arising out of exploitative social relations of production, but is formulated through and expressed by multiple determinations. The article illustrates and explains the diversity of forms of class relations, and the ways in which they interplay with other social relations of dominance and subordination, such as gender and ethnicity. This is part of a wider project to revitalise class analysis in the study of development problems and experiences.