Global Development

Description

This book is a comprehensive account of development in a global context. It explains the contemporary realities and likely future of the developing world and also explores the historical processes and economic dynamics which have led to this. Drawing on history, theory and a wide variety of case studies, the book:

• explains how and why existing perspectives on development have failed to illuminate the nature of development and underdevelopment
• provides a deeper social and historical background than most development texts
• examines the growth of development within the context of the globalisation of capitalism
• uses a wide variety of examples from Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America
• posits a new theory of development based on horizontal rather than hierarchical principles.

Wide-raning and provocative this is required reading for advanced level students and scholars in development studies, economics and political science.

Contents

Introduction: The Study Of Development 1. Global Development: Debates And Interpretations 2. The History Of Capitalist Development 3. The Social Structure Of 19^th Century Global Development 4. States, Nationalism, And National Development 5. The Geopolitics Of Post-World War II Development 6. The Acceleration Of Capitalist Globalisation 7. Development And Structural Change Conclusions

Author Bio

Sandra Halperin is Professor of International Relations at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. Her previous books include War and Social Change in Modern Europe: the great transformation revisited (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004), co-edited with G. Laxer Global Civil Society and its Limits (Palgrave-Macmillan, London, 2003), In the Mirror of the Third World: Capitalist Development in Modern Europe (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1997).

Related Subjects

1. Politics & International Relations
2. International Relations
3. Global Governance
4. Development Studies
5. Development Economics
6. African & Third World Politics
7. International Organizations
8. Politics & Development