World development : an introduction / edited by Prodromos Panayiotopoulos and Gavin Capps.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Capps, Gavin.

Panayiotopoulos, Prodromos Ioannou.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development.

Economic history.

Globalization.

Developing countries--Economic conditions.

Developing countries.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 289 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, 2001.

Summary:

Do the structures of the world economy invariably work against the interests of the Third World? What is the impact of industrialization? How does it affect people and their livelihoods, gender relations, the environment, movements for social justice and democracy?

World Development offers answers to these questions. A comprehensive introductory guide for students, teachers, volunteers and NGO workers in development, World Development examines the substantive issues surrounding development, industrialization and globalization and places them within a historic context. It outlines the historical development of the world economy and assesses the current prospects for developing countries. The book contains in-depth analyses of how particular industries operate at local and global levels, drawing from case studies on textiles, tourism and copper. There are also cases studies of specific countries, including South Korea, Cyprus, Mexico, China, and Spain.

Contents:

1. World Development: Globalisation in Historical Perspective 9

1.1 The Expansion of Europe: Mercantile Trade 1500-1750 13

1.2 Industrial Capitalism and 'Free Trade' 1750-1875 20

1.3 Imperial Trade and Imperial Rivalries 1875-1945 28

1.4 Superpower Competition and the Long Boom 1945-70 35

1.5 Debt, Crisis and the Third World 1970-90s

1.6 Globalisation in the Millennium / Gavin Capps, Prodromos Panayiotopoulos 53

2. Globalisation: Industrialisation and Trade 63

2.1 The Latin American NICs: Import Substituting Industrialisation (ISI) 68

2.2 The East Asian NICs: Export Orientated Industrialisation (EOI) 78

2.3 Competing Perspectives on Trade Policy 88

2.4 People Trade: Globalisation and Immigrant Enterprise 98

3. Country Studies 113

3.1 Cyprus: Industrialisation Under Conditions of Globalisation / Prodromos Panayiotopoulos 117

3.2 Spain: Economic Development Under Conditions of Autarky / Jose D. Garcia Perez 125

3.3 South Korea: Free Market Miracle or Mirage? / Gavin Capps, Prodromos Panayiotopoulos 133

3.4 Mexico: The Long March of Industrialisation / Luis Valenzuela 148

3.5 China: Breaking the Iron Rice Bowl / Prodromos Panayiotopoulos 157

4. Commodity Studies 169

4.1 Copper: Chilean Miners

British Smelters in the Mid-Nineteenth Century / Luis Valenzuela 173

4.2 Tourism: The Spanish Tourist Industry / Jose D. Garcia Perez 181

4.3 The Global Textile Industry: An Engendered Protectionism / Prodromos Panayiotopoulos 192

Development and its Discontents / Prodromos Panayiotopoulos, Gavin Capps 209

Appendix 1 Of Noble Savages and Lazy Natives 219

Appendix 2 The Third World. An Activity 224.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-271) and index.

ISBN:

0745314074

0745314023

OCLC:

46693969