The globalization and development reader : perspectives on development and global change / edited by J. Timmons Roberts, Amy Bellone Hite, and Nitsan Chorev.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Roberts, J. Timmons, editor.

Hite, Amy, editor.

Chorev, Nitsan, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization.

Developing countries--Economic conditions.

Developing countries.

Developing countries--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (628 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, [England] : Wiley Blackwell, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Core text for students, scholars, and development practitioners on the issues surrounding social change, globalization, and development in the ""Third World"", including a general introduction to the field, and short, insightful section introductions that introduce each reading. Main text and core reference for students and professionals studying the processes of social change and development in "third world" countries.Carefully excerpted materials facilitate the understanding of classic and contemporary writings.Second edition includes 33 essential readings, including 20 new pieces and the e

Contents:

The Globalization and Development Reader: Perspectives on Development and Global Change; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Globalization and Development: Recurring Themes; Why Are the Poor Countries Poor? Diverging Opinions; Social Turmoil and the Classical Thinkers; Becoming Modern; Dependency Theory and World-Systems Analysis; From Development to Globalization; Notes; Part I Formative Approaches to Development and Social Change; Introduction; Notes; Chapter 1 Manifesto of the Communist Party (1848) and Alienated Labour (1844); Manifesto of the Communist Party

Alienated LabourChapter 2 The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1905); Chapter 3 The Stages of Economic Growth: A Non-Communist Manifesto (1960); The Five Stages-of-Growth - A Summary; Notes; Chapter 4 Economic Backwardness in Historical Perspective (1962); The Elements of Backwardness; The Banks; The State; The Gradations of Backwardness; Ideologies of Delayed Industrializations; Conclusions; Note; Chapter 5 A Study of Slum Culture: Backgrounds for La Vida (1968); The Culture of Poverty; Notes; Chapter 6 Political Participation: Modernization and Political Decay (1968)

Modernization and Political ConsciousnessModernization and Violence; Notes; Part II Dependency and Beyond; Introduction; Notes; Chapter 7 The Development of Underdevelopment (1969); I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; IX; Notes; Chapter 8 Dependency and Development in Latin America (1972); Lenin's Characterization of Imperialism; Imperialism and Dependent Economies; New Patterns of Capital Accumulation; New Forms of Economic Dependency; Some Political Consequences; Notes; Chapter 9 The Rise and Future Demise of the World Capitalist System: Concepts for Comparative Analysis (1979); notes

Chapter 10 Taiwan's Economic History: A Case of Etatisme and a Challenge to Dependency Theory (1979)Introduction; The Colonial Period: 1895-1945; Land to the Tiller; Agriculture 1953-1968; Industrialization; The Taiwan Case and Dependency Theory; A Special Case; A Crisis of Labor; Notes; References; Chapter 11 Rethinking Development Theory: Insights from East Asia and Latin America (1989); Introduction; Theoretical Perspectives on East Asian and Latin American Development: Perceptions and Misconceptions; The NICs in Historical and World-Systems Context

The Dynamic Interplay of Inward- and Outward-Oriented IndustrializationDependent Development in Latin America and East Asia; The Emergent Global Manufacturing System: Toward a Theoretical Synthesis; Editors' Note; References; Chapter 12 Interrogating Development: Feminism, Gender and Policy (1998); Feminist Analysis versus Women and Development; Commonalities and Difference; Gender Interests and Emancipatory Projects; Domestic Groups: Cooperation, Conflict and Struggle; Feminisms and Green Fundamentalism; Gendered Economies: Relations of Production and Reproduction; Feminism as Deconstruction

Note

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-118-73538-2

1-118-73544-7