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Development and social change: a global perspective / Philip McMichael.

By: Publication details: Los Angeles: Pine Forge Press, 2008.Edition: Fourth editionDescription: xxv, 347 pages: illustrations, maps: 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781412955928
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Contents:
A Timeline of Developmentalism and Globalism -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Development and Globalization: Framing Issues -- Part I: The Development Project (Late 1940s to Early 1970s) -- Instituting the Development Project -- The Development Project: International Relations -- Part II: From National Development to Globalization -- Globalizing National Economy -- Demise of the Third World -- Part III: The Globalization Project (1980s-) -- Instituting the Globalization Project -- The Globalization Project in Practice -- Part IV: Rethinking Development -- Global Development and Its Countermovement -- Development for What?
Summary: "Explores development through historical narrative and examines the globalization/development paradox through in-depth case studies Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective, Fourth Edition, describes the dramatic acceleration of the global and political economy across three historical periods: colonialism, the development era, and the current era of globalization. Author Philip McMichael helps students make sense of a complex world in transition and explains how globalization became part of public discourse. Filled with case studies, this text makes the intricacies of globalization concrete, meaningful, and clear for students and moves them away from simple social evolutionary views, encouraging them to ponder social change, development, and global inequalities. The book challenges students to see themselves as global citizens whose consumption decisions have real implications. New to the Fourth Edition Links contemporary world issues such as slum proliferation, rebellion in Latin America, AIDS, the rise of China, and climate change to the long-term course of development as a global project." - From the Publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-329), glossary and index. McMichael, P. (2008). Development and social change: a global perspective (4th ed.). Los Angeles: Pine Forge Press.

A Timeline of Developmentalism and Globalism -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Development and Globalization: Framing Issues -- Part I: The Development Project (Late 1940s to Early 1970s) -- Instituting the Development Project -- The Development Project: International Relations -- Part II: From National Development to Globalization -- Globalizing National Economy -- Demise of the Third World -- Part III: The Globalization Project (1980s-) -- Instituting the Globalization Project -- The Globalization Project in Practice -- Part IV: Rethinking Development -- Global Development and Its Countermovement -- Development for What?

"Explores development through historical narrative and examines the globalization/development paradox through in-depth case studies Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective, Fourth Edition, describes the dramatic acceleration of the global and political economy across three historical periods: colonialism, the development era, and the current era of globalization. Author Philip McMichael helps students make sense of a complex world in transition and explains how globalization became part of public discourse. Filled with case studies, this text makes the intricacies of globalization concrete, meaningful, and clear for students and moves them away from simple social evolutionary views, encouraging them to ponder social change, development, and global inequalities. The book challenges students to see themselves as global citizens whose consumption decisions have real implications. New to the Fourth Edition Links contemporary world issues such as slum proliferation, rebellion in Latin America, AIDS, the rise of China, and climate change to the long-term course of development as a global project." - From the Publisher.

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