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Rich world, poor world / Geoffrey Lean, foreword by Barbara Ward.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lean, Geoffrey, 1947-
- Series:
- Routledge library editions. Development ; Volume 44.
- Routledge library editions: development ; 44
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International economic relations.
- Economic history--1945-.
- Economic history.
- Developing countries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (353 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This reissue, first published in 1978, confronts a whole range of international development issues: hunger, energy, supply, population growth, pollution, the state of the cities, nuclear proliferation. Geoffrey Lean explains the interdependent contemporary crises within developing nations and presents the facts behind them, alongside the practical solutions, new strategies and fresh thinking present in contemporary development thinking.
- Contents:
- RICH WORLD, POOR WORLD GEOFFREY LEAN; Copyright; RICH WORLD, POOR WORLD; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Author's Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Growing Imbalance; Chapter 3 The Patchwork Revolution; Chapter 4 Rich World, Poor World; Chapter 5 Towards a New Economic Order; Chapter 6 Trickle-Down Dries Up; Chapter 7 The Impotent Pill; Chapter 8 The Armageddon Factor; Chapter 9 The Ending of the Oil Age; Chapter 10 Faustian Bargain?; Chapter 11 Sun, Moon, Earth . . .; Chapter 12 . . . And People Power; Chapter 13 Strange Diseases; Chapter 14 Chemical Reactions
- Chapter 15 Change of HabitatChapter 16 Hope from the Slums; Chapter 17 Changing Philosophies; Appendices; A Note on Sources and Further Reading; Select Bibliography; Index of Main Subjects
- Notes:
- First published in 1978 by Allen & Unwin.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-87773-8
- 1-283-54670-1
- 1-136-87774-6
- 9786613859150
- 0-203-83845-9
- 9780203838457
- OCLC:
- 809765521
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