The Globalization and Development Reader
Perspectives on Development and Global Change
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Beschreibung
This revised and updated second edition of The Globalizationand Development Reader builds on the considerable success of afirst edition that has been used around the world. It combinesselected readings and editorial material to provide a coherent textwith global coverage, reflecting new theoretical and empiricaldevelopments.
* Main text and core reference for students and professionalsstudying the processes of social change and development in"third world" countries. Carefully excerpted materialsfacilitate the understanding of classic and contemporarywritings
* Second edition includes 33 essential readings, including 21 newselections
* New pieces cover the impact of the recession in the globalNorth, global inequality and uneven development, gender,international migration, the role of cities, agriculture and on thegovernance of pharmaceuticals and climate change politics
* Increased coverage of China and India help to provide genuinelyglobal coverage, and for a student readership the materials havebeen subject to a higher degree of editing in the new edition
* Includes a general introduction to the field, and short,insightful section introductions to each reading
* New readings include selections by Alexander Gershenkron, AliceAmsden, Amartya Sen, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Cecile Jackson, DaniRodrik, David Harvey, Greta Krippner, Kathryn Sikkink, LeslieSklair, Margaret E. Keck, Michael Burawoy, Nitsan Chorev, OscarLewis, Patrick Bond, Peter Evans, Philip McMichael, Pranab Bardhan,Ruth Pearson, Sarah Babb, Saskia Sassen, and Steve Radelet
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J. Timmons Roberts
Themen in »The Globalization and Development Reader«
Development Studies Economics Economics of Globalization Entwicklung u. Globalisierung Entwicklungsforschung Globalisierung Globalization & Development Ökonomie der Globalisierung Sociology Sociology of Globalization Soziologie Soziologie der Globalisierung Volkswirtschaftslehre