Kapitalismus dezentrieren! Strukturelle Heterogenität und bedarfsökonomischer Sektor als Schlüsselkategorien einer politischen Ökonomie des Südens.

In many countries of the Global South, the social reproduction of the majority of the population to a large extent takes place outside the capitalist sector. This leads to particular class relations, social relations to nature, and dynamics of conflict. This article asks how we can understand societies in the Global South in terms of a critical theory of capitalism without imposing the categories of the centre economies on them. For this purpose, the analytical concept of structural heterogeneity is proposed, as well as the empirical concept of the need economy. These terms encourage an understanding of structural heterogeneities that goes beyond economics and enables the analysis of current socioecological distribution conflicts. In conclusion, I argue that to understand societies in the Global South, concepts other than those that were developed for the analysis of capitalism in the early industrialised centre economies are needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]