Sub-imperialism revisited : dependency theory in the thought of Ruy Mauro Marini

Introduction -- Dependency theory in the post-1945 development literature of Latin America -- Marini's Marxism and dependency theory today -- Neo-imperialism and neo-dependency: two sides of the same historical-political process -- Sub-imperialism and dependency -- The United States and Brazil: antagonistic cooperation -- Brasil potencia vs. sub-imperialism -- Dictatorship, democracy and the state of the fourth power -- Sub-imperialism and the contemporary capitalist crisis -- Epilogue