Integration into global capitalism reinforces, not relieves, the periphery’s subordination

Evidence

Catching up is a mirage under the current rules of the game, as it is structurally incompatible with the logic and function of the capitalist economy. Far from accepting that African countries are poor because they have not yet implemented enough market reforms, we can see that it is the opening to global capitalism that reinforces their subordination. — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 292

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Third World countries depend on East or West for primitive capital accumulation — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2602; Global capitalism is hierarchical, not divided into monolithic blocs — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory: Nations, Classes, Literatures, 588; Formal decolonization gave way to a neo-imperial global economic order — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 315 (+10 more)

Broader Connections

• Global capitalism is hierarchical, not divided into monolithic blocs #expands (0.85) — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 588
• Formal decolonization gave way to a neo-imperial global economic order #corroborates (0.80) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 315
• Colonialism operates through people and is not identical with global capitalism #qualifies (0.72) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3432