Development and social change : a global perspective / Philip McMichael, Cornell University.
2017
306.309 M167d 2017
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Title
Development and social change : a global perspective / Philip McMichael, Cornell University.
Author
McMichael, Philip.
Edition
Sixth edition.
ISBN
9781452275901 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
1452275904 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
1452275904 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
Published
Los Angeles : SAGE, 2017.
Language
English
Description
xxiii, 394 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Call Number
306.309 M167d 2017
System Control No.
(OCoLC)921165686
Summary
"In this new Sixth Edition of Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective, author Philip McMichael describes a world undergoing profound social, political, and economic transformations, from the post-World War II era through the present. He tells a story of development in four parts--colonialism, developmentalism, globalization, and sustainability--that shows how the global development "project" has taken different forms from one historical period to the next. Throughout the text, the underlying conceptual framework is that development is a political construct, created by dominant actors (states, multilateral institutions, corporations and economic coalitions) and based on unequal power arrangements. While rooted in ideas about progress and prosperity, development also produces crises that threaten the health and well-being of millions of people, and sparks organized resistance to its goals and policies. Frequent case studies make the intricacies of globalization concrete, meaningful, and clear. Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective challenges us to see ourselves as global citizens even as we are global consumers." -- Publisher's website.
Note
Revised edition of the author's Development and social change.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-357) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
About the author
Preface to the fifth edition
A timeline of development
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Development: theory and reality
The development project (late 1940s to early 1970s)
Instituting the development project
The development project : international framework
Globalizing developments
The globalization project (1980s to 2000s)
Instituting the globalization project
The globalization project in practice
Global countermovements
Millennial reckonings (2000s to present)
The globalization project in crisis
Sustainable development?
Rethinking development
Notes
References
Glossary/index.
Preface to the fifth edition
A timeline of development
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Development: theory and reality
The development project (late 1940s to early 1970s)
Instituting the development project
The development project : international framework
Globalizing developments
The globalization project (1980s to 2000s)
Instituting the globalization project
The globalization project in practice
Global countermovements
Millennial reckonings (2000s to present)
The globalization project in crisis
Sustainable development?
Rethinking development
Notes
References
Glossary/index.
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