Superexploração e saúde: contribuições a partir da Teoria Marxista da Dependência

Abstract

In this work, we consider the understanding that the reproduction of capital in dependente economies presents certain particularities and that these particularities are closely intertwined with the historical processes of maturation of developed capitalism – which took place within the scope of the world system. The main feature of the reproduction of capital in dependente economies considered here is the category of superexploitation of the labor force. Through it, we aim to understand how Latin American workers reproduce and what health conditions are found. The work is bibliographic research and is divided into three sections. The first of them, The theory of development and relations of dependency in Latin America, discusses – briefly – the main hypotheses of what is conventionally called development theory. The second, Latin American dependent capitalism, seeks to understand the dependent character of Latin American capitalism. And the third and last, The superexploitation of the labor force as health touchstone in dependent economies, relates the categories of superexploitation with health, to understand the consequences and mediations that Latin American workers, inserted in the dynamics of capitalist accumulation world, suffer.