Talk:Uneven and combined development

law of uneven development
Should the law of uneven development redirect here? Or is it a separate subject? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 21:57, 4 March 2011 (UTC)


 * There is an academic debate about whether there exists a "law" of uneven and combined development, or whether this is a fallacy. In this debate, there are different interpretations of the meaning of an historical law. Certainly, Trotsky himself referred to the "law" of uneven and combined development. He believed it to be a necessary characteristic intrinsic to all developmental processes, social and natural. Therefore, it would be appropriate to have a separate section on "Is there are "law" of uneven and combined development?" in the present article. However, as for myself, I have not got round to writing it yet. User:Jurriaan 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Literature by Trotsky?
Greetings! On which of Trotsky's works is the concept of uneven and combined development based on? The article emphasize that it is a concept created by Leon Trotsky, but does not make any references to his literal production. Cheers! Jayaguru-Shishya (talk) 19:35, 27 September 2015 (UTC)


 * I think I found something already: "The idea of Uneven and Combined Development (U&CD) originated in the writings of Leon Trotsky (1879-1940). Its most explicit formulation is found in the opening chapter of his History of the Russian Revolution (1932)."


 * The full text is available here I will try to source some of this stuff Remusofreem (talk) 17:45, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Original research
This article seems to contain a considerable amount of original research, and use of secondary sources could definitely be improved. In particular I am wondering if the section on Hilferding deserves to be here since (as the article says) there is no evidence that Hilferding was inspired by Trotsky's writings. Is there a notable secondary source that proves a link between the two? Mirkyton (talk) 23:14, 14 August 2021 (UTC)