African migration and peripheral capitalism

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Title:	African migration and peripheral capitalism
Authors:	Gregory, Joel W. Piché, Victor
Year:	1978
Periodical:	African Perspectives
Issue:	1
Pages:	37-50
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Africa
Subjects:	migration Marxism
Abstract:	The authors select from the work of certain Marxist development theorists certain mechanisms of imperialist peripheral capitalism which may give rise to migration, showing how migration itself becomes a mechanism of underdevelopment. Using empirical studies carried out on African migration, they also demonstrate the usefulness of such an analytical framework for interpreting the causes and effects of migration. Four basic assumptions: 1. The study of underdevelopment in the periphery must be placed in the context of analysis of the world capitalist system (African underdevelopment is meaningless without reference to capitalist development in Europe and North America); 2. It is important to analyse both domestic and international dependence; 3. The links between class analysis and dependency theory must be clearly specified; 4. An historical approach is necessary in order to understand the specific characteristics of peripheral dependent societies. Ref.