A critique to eurocentrism and a proposal for Latin America’s own form of development: contributions of Celso Furtado

The author offers a review of the historical conjuncture and theoretical debates that took place in the late 1950s, during which it was introduced a version of the development theory. It criticized the Eurocentric view and it distanced itself from the take-off model of development. Both of them trie...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Dos Santos, Theotônio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Estudios Latinoamericanos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/52597
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unam.mx/index.php/rel/article/view/52597
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:teoría del desarrollo
América Latina
eurocentrismo
Celso Furtado.
development theory
Latin America
eurocentrism
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Sumario:The author offers a review of the historical conjuncture and theoretical debates that took place in the late 1950s, during which it was introduced a version of the development theory. It criticized the Eurocentric view and it distanced itself from the take-off model of development. Both of them tried to set foot in Latin America by pressure of the United States. Celso Furtado was major figure in this debate and his contributions are known worldwide.