title: Population and poverty in dependent states:  Latin America considered.
abstract: "Malthusians maintain that rapid population growth aggravates poverty, while Marxists contend that social formations determine its nature and extent.  Each perspective is incomplete, however, since it ignores the insights of the other.  Latin American states, characterized by dependent capitalism formations and dominated by ruling elites, are generally incapable of solving the problems of population and poverty.  Since population growth under dependent capitalism weakens labor's bargaining position against capital, reduced population growth is emphasized as a labor empowerment strategy the poor can implement on their own to improve their socioeconomic conditions."
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Shrestha
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Patterson
mesh_terms: D003148:Communism; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D007843:Latin America; D011056:Political Systems; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011158:Population Growth; D011203:Poverty; D012942:Social Sciences; D012950:Socialism; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Demographic Factors; Demography; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Latin America; Malthusianism; Marxism; Political Systems; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Growth; Population Theory; Poverty; Social Sciences; Socialism; Socioeconomic Factors