Abstract:This article offers a study of the uses of the concept of crisis in Latin America in the context of Dependency Theory and Developmentalism. This conceptual history of “crisis” in twentieth-century Latin America identifies the intellectual trajectory of Argentine economist Raul Prebisch as a starting point and narrative thread, followed by the iconic sociological products of, or influenced by, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL). The trajectory of the concept of crisis in t… Show more
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