Dean Forbes

Underdevelopment theory: a geographical review

Summary A review is undertaken of post‐war development geography. It focuses, in particular, on the influence of modernization, post‐modernization, dependency, neo‐modernization and various forms of marxist and neo‐marxist theories on geographical research. While geographers have accomplished substantial work on what are now termed peripheral capitalist societies they have remained dependent upon other disciplines, such as economics and sociology, for theoretical innovations. A critical review of the current polarization of development geography into a neo‐modernization school and a marxist school suggests that the former has little to offer. The challenge to geographers, therefore, is to work towards a theory of underdevelopment. Before progress can be made on this score geographers will have to overcome the problems stemming from the fragmentation of marxist research.

Aid, trade and the ‘new realism’: Australia's links with East and South‐East Asia

SUMMARY Nearly all Australias Asian neighbours are developing countries. Some, like South Korea and Singapore are now industrialising rapidly, while others such as China, Thailand and Indonesia have economies that have shown strong growth. Their significance as trading partners for Australia has expanded accordingly. Six of Australias 11 most important export markets, and five of the top 13 sources of imports are in East and South‐east Asia. Increased recognition of this economic relationship has been termed the ‘new realism’ of Australias international relations. Australias overseas development assistance program has also given increased emphasis to East and South‐east Asia, not least because of perceived trade benefits. Yet while the growth of the new realist perspective is to be welcomed, it needs to be recognised that most of the countries within the region are still poor, and not likely to catch up to Australian standards of living for many decades, if ever. Future relations between Australia and...

Growth with equity equals development: a review of the Jackson report

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE AUSTRALIAN OVERSEAS AID PROGRAM. 276 pages. Australian Government Publishing Service: Canberra 1984 (ISBN 0 644 03344 4)

Petty commodity production and underdevelopment: The case of pedlars and trishaw riders in Ujung Pandang, Indonesia

13.60 limp