This revised and updated second edition of The Globalization
and Development Reader builds on the considerable success of a
first edition that has been used around the world. It combines
selected readings and editorial material to provide a coherent text
with global coverage, reflecting new theoretical and empirical
developments.
Main text and core reference for students and professionals
studying the processes of social change and development in
?third world? countries. Carefully excerpted materials
facilitate the understanding of classic and contemporary
writings
Second edition includes 33 essential readings, including 21 new
selections
New pieces cover the impact of the recession in the global
North, global inequality and uneven development, gender,
international migration, the role of cities, agriculture and on the
governance of pharmaceuticals and climate change politics
Increased coverage of China and India help to provide genuinely
global coverage, and for a student readership the materials have
been 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, Alice
Amsden, Amartya Sen, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Cecile Jackson, Dani
Rodrik, David Harvey, Greta Krippner, Kathryn Sikkink, Leslie
Sklair, Margaret E. Keck, Michael Burawoy, Nitsan Chorev, Oscar
Lewis, Patrick Bond, Peter Evans, Philip McMichael, Pranab Bardhan,
Ruth Pearson, Sarah Babb, Saskia Sassen, and Steve Radelet
and Development Reader builds on the considerable success of a
first edition that has been used around the world. It combines
selected readings and editorial material to provide a coherent text
with global coverage, reflecting new theoretical and empirical
developments.
Main text and core reference for students and professionals
studying the processes of social change and development in
?third world? countries. Carefully excerpted materials
facilitate the understanding of classic and contemporary
writings
Second edition includes 33 essential readings, including 21 new
selections
New pieces cover the impact of the recession in the global
North, global inequality and uneven development, gender,
international migration, the role of cities, agriculture and on the
governance of pharmaceuticals and climate change politics
Increased coverage of China and India help to provide genuinely
global coverage, and for a student readership the materials have
been 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, Alice
Amsden, Amartya Sen, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Cecile Jackson, Dani
Rodrik, David Harvey, Greta Krippner, Kathryn Sikkink, Leslie
Sklair, Margaret E. Keck, Michael Burawoy, Nitsan Chorev, Oscar
Lewis, Patrick Bond, Peter Evans, Philip McMichael, Pranab Bardhan,
Ruth Pearson, Sarah Babb, Saskia Sassen, and Steve Radelet
