Theories of Development and the Underdevelopment of the Orang Asli

COLIN NICHOLAS

Abstract


This article attempts an analysis of some theories of development in the Third World. Among the theories discussed are those of modernization and economic growth, structuralism, dependency, and the mode of production and articulation. The writer points out weaknesses in each theory to explain the reasons for cases for Third World underdevelopment. However, here he explains that the mode of production and articulation theory is most appropriate to explain empirically why underdevelopment takes place among the Semai of Malaysia.

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Artikel ini cuba mengupas beberapa teori pembangunan yang telah dimajukan untuk menghuraikan sebab berlakunya kurang pembangunan di Dunia Ketiga. Antara teori yang telah diberikan perhatian ialah teori modenisasi dan pertumbuhan ekonomi, teori strukturalis, teori pergantungan dan kurang pembangunan serta teori mod pengeluaran dan artikulasi. Penulis telah menunjukkan kelemahan setiap teori ini dalam menghuraikan sebab berlakunya kurang pembangunan di Dunia Ketiga. Namun demikian penulis mendapati teori mod pengeluaran dan artikulasi itu lebih berupaya menghuraikan sebab mengapa kemerosotan berlaku dalam kehidupan masyarakat Semai di Malaysia.


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