Globalization and the Postcolonial World: The New Political Economy of Development
Globalization is at the heart of debates about the present phase of development of the world economy. In Globalization and the Postcolonial World, Ankie Hoogvelt joins these debates to examine the ways in which globalization is affecting the countries of the developing world. Taking a new look at historical trends and theories in development studies, Hoogvelt describes the diverse impacts of globalization in sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, East Asia, and Latin America, identifying...
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The Third World is gone, proclaims British sociologist Hoogvelt, and with it has gone development studies. She explains that there is no longer a unitary classificatory descriptor of the economic, social, and political conditions of the countries of Africa, Latin America, and Asia, and so no body of knowledge or coherent theory, or even conflicting theories, about them. She describes the winds that are blowing the various peoples in different directions. The first edition appeared in 1997. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Journal of Asian Studies - Christopher Chase-Dunn This is a well-written textbook and a helpful review of recent theories of development . . . It formulates an innovative synthetic approach of its own and convincingly uses this approach to describe important recent changes in the Third World and in the global system.
List of Figures and TablesPreface to the Second EditionAcknowledgementsPt. IHistorical Structures1The History of Capitalist Expansion2Neocolonialism, Modernization and Dependency3Crisis and Restructuring: The New International Division of LabourPt. IICrisis and Transformation4From Expansion to Involution5Flexibility and Informationalism6Globalization7Global Governance: Regulation and ImperialismPt. IIIThe Postcolonial World8Africa: Exclusion and the Containment of Anarchy9Islamic Revolt10The Developmental States of East Asia11Democracy, Civil Society and Postdevelopment in Latin AmericaConclusionNotes and ReferencesIndex
\ Journal of Asian StudiesA well-written textbook and a helpful review of recent theories of development... It formulates an innovative synthetic approach of its own and convincingly uses this approach to describe important recent changes in the Third World and in the global system.\ — Christopher Chase-Dunn\ \ \ \ \ \ Journal of Asian Studies\ - Christopher Chase-Dunn\ A well-written textbook and a helpful review of recent theories of development... It formulates an innovative synthetic approach of its own and convincingly uses this approach to describe important recent changes in the Third World and in the global system.\ \ \ \ Christopher Chase-DunnThis is a well-written textbook and a helpful review of recent theories of development . . . It formulates an innovative synthetic approach of its own and convincingly uses this approach to describe important recent changes in the Third World and in the global system.\ —Journal of Asian Studies\ \
