R.M. NUREEV
Doctor of economic sciences (DSc), Professor, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow

TERRA ECONOMICUS, 2014, Vol. 12 (no. 1),

p. 123-149

The following chapter of the course on comparative analysis explores the genesis of the worldsystem periphery considering experience of South Asia. The socio-economic structure of medieval East society along with the traditional agrarian system, the functions of the caste system and intra-communal division of labor are analyzed. The dual – both destructive and creative – mission of capitalism in the colonies, particularly the process of so-called primitive accumulation of capital in the colonies, is demonstrated, as well as the role of agrarian reforms in overcoming the dualism (experience of independent India).

Keywords: traditional agrarian system; the caste system; twofold mission of capitalism in the colonies; the process of so-called primitive accumulation; agrarian reforms in the developing countries; the periphery of the world system

Publisher: Southern Federal University
Founder: Southern Federal University
ISSN: 2073-6606