Superexploitation and health: the reproduction of the workforce in dependent economies

We started this paper from the assumption that the developed capitalism and dependent capitalism are the result of historical processes - interwined - that occurred within the scope of the world system, but having particularities in the forms of reproduction of their capital. In dependent capitalism, we understand that the foundation of this particular way of reproduction is through the superexploitation of the labor force. In the process of social determination of health, the way in which the productive forces and the social relations of production become more or less health is constituted as a basic principle. We, then, aim to demonstrate how this particular form of capital reproduction, resulting from the superexploitation of the workforce, unfolds in decisive mediations for workers’ health.

Keywords:
Dependent capitalism; Superexploitation; Worker’s health