Abstract

VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee , Seite 187 - 199

Highlights

  • Societies at the periphery of the capita1ist world distinguish themse1ves from the metropoles with regard to their economic structure

  • - http://www.nomos-elibrary.de/agb export sector serves as a substitute for a domestic production of capital goods

  • Modern industries which produce substitutes for consumption goods imported earlier possess only weak linkages with the remaining sectors. Their growth depends on the export sector where the final demand for their products, the surplus available for investment and the foreign exchange necessary for the import of raw materials, intermediate goods and machines mainly originate

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Summary

Introductory Remarks

This paper[1] undertakes a critica[1] analysis of some views on modern migration in West Africa which have been developed on the basis of dua1istic theories of de­ velopment. Used as an abstract concept, socia[1] formation signifies a combination of elements belonging to different modes of production into one structure. The relative autonomy of non-capita1ist elements prevents a tendency towards homogeneity of the total structure. Such elements are not simp1y traditiona[1] relics doomed for decline. They constitute an inherent component of the structure of periphery capitalist socia[1] formations. In spite of this imp1icit claim to a total analysis the presentation in this paper is very much partial. Attention shou1d be drawn to the fact that the problems ana1ysed in a specific regional context cannot be necessari1y transferred to other regions of the periphery[4]

The economic structure of West African countries
The making of a migrating labour force during the colonial period
The expansion of agrarian export production
The connection between subsistence economies and modern activities
The consequences of migration for wage labour in non-agrarian activities
Rural-urban migration and urban unemployment
Socio-political consequences of structural heterogeneity
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