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Developing Societies as Part of an International Political Economy

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Introduction to the Sociology of “Developing Societies”

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On May 9, 1980, the London Financial Times carried a large advertisement for the Greater Colombo Free Trade Zone under the heading “A Boon for Labour-Intensive Industries: Sri Lanka’s Free Trade Zone Offers 600,000 Low-Cost, High-Productivity Workers.”

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  1. Michael Barratt Brown
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Hamza Alavi Teodor Shanin

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Brown, M.B. (1982). Developing Societies as Part of an International Political Economy. In: Alavi, H., Shanin, T. (eds) Introduction to the Sociology of “Developing Societies”. Sociology of “Developing Societies”. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16847-7_13

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