This text encourages critical engagement by integrating theory alongside practice and related key topics throughout. It demonstrates informatively that ideas concerning development have been many and varied and highly contested - varying from time to time and from place to place. Titel: Geographies of Development : An Introduction to Development Studies Forfattere: Robert B. Potter,Tony Binns,Jennifer A. Elliott,David Smith Udgave: 3. udgave Genre: Faglitteratur Sammendrag: Geographies of Development: An Introduction to Development Studies, Third Edition, remains a core, balanced, and comprehensive introductory textbook. It demonstrates the intricacies of development geography through key thinkers and critical debates, encouraging engagement with local, national, and global perspectives. Type: Paperback
The Political Economy of Global Inequality This new edition of Development and Underdevelopment retains the strongest contributions of the previous three editions, but includes 12 new chapters that reflect the many seminal contributions made to the field in recent years. There are also two new sections: one addressing the historical origins of the gap between rich and poor countries, and one focusing on how globalization has affected the gap between countries and between the rich and poor within countries.The editors? short introduction to each selection, highlighting its significance, remains a key feature of the book. Forlag: Lynne Rienner Publishers Udgivelsesår: 2008 Sider: 437 Sprog: Engelsk
This textbook includes discussions of such topics as the environment, the debt case, export-led industrialisation, import substitution industrialisation, growth theory and technological capability. It covers Latin America, Africa, China and Asia. Forlag: Routledge Udgivelsesår: 2008 Sider: 613 Sprog: Engelsk
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Summary: "Why did some countries grow rich while others remained poor? Tracing the long arc of human history from hunter gatherer societies to the early twenty first century, Andrew Brooks rejects popular explanations for the divergence of nations. This accessible and illuminating volume shows how the wealth of 2018the West2019 and poverty of 2018the rest2019 stem not from environmental factors or some unique European cultural, social or technological qualities, but from the expansion of colonialism and the rise of America. Brooks puts the case that international inequality was moulded by capitalist development over the last 500 years. The End of Development provides a compelling account of how human history unfolded differently in varied regions of the world. Brooks argues that we must now seize the opportunity afforded by today2019s changing economic geography to transform attitudes to
The Geography of the World Economy provides an in-depth and stimulating introduction to the theory and practice of economic geography. It offers new geographical perspectives on the dynamics of local, regional, and global economic organization over the long historical term, with an emphasis on globalization and its effects. The authors developed a framework for explaining economic geographical change in relation to broader theoretical shifts in human geography. Type: Paperback
Summary: "In recent years, a large number of theoretical models have been developed to try and make sense of today's complex global society. This text identifies eight distinct models of global studies, such as Americanization, Homogenization, Balkanization and Creolization, enabling the reader to make sense of the full range of global issues and contending views on the existing world order. Within each module, present theoretical literature and key current issues are addressed with boxed case studies. Paying particular attention to human rights, the book provides students with the theoretical grounding and practical knowledge necessary for an understanding of globalization. This book explains the challenges and redefines the core theories of globalization. Using fascinating case studies to illustrate how each model works in practice, the chapters look at society, culture, politics and e
Summary: For over thirty years, this classic text has offered students a comprehensive overview of the economic aspects of growth and development which is clearly written without sacrificing rigour. The focus is on macroeconomic issues with unique chapters on the history of economic thought, project appraisal and input-output analysis and extensive material on growth theory and the growth process in developing countries. Mini case examples and numerous statistics support the theory, while discussion questions and weblinks encourage student reflection Titel: Growth & development : with special reference to developing economics Udgave: Eighth Edition Genre: Faglitteratur Sammendrag: This edition provides a thorough updated survey of development economics, discussing globalization, poverty measurement, Millennium Development Goals, trade liberalization, and more. Type: Paperback
