The end of development : A global history of poverty and prosperity af Andrew Brooks (Bog)

Forfatter: Andrew Brooks

Sprog: Engelsk

Antal sider: 286

Forlag: Zed Books Ltd

Udgivelsesår: 2017

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 towards inequality and to develop radical new approaches to addressing global poverty, as the alternative is to accept that impoverishment is somehow part of the natural order of things

Titel: The end of development : A global history of poverty and prosperity