by Ankie Hoogvelt (Author)
This major introductory text analyses key development issues and debates from the colonial period up to the present. It traces the historical development of capitalism through successive phases of expansion leading to the present 'implosion'. The book's core focus is on the emergence of a new political economy characterised by flexible accumulation and globalisation, and its differential impact on rising and declining regions of the post-colonial world.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 308
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Palgrave
Published: 09 Jun 1997
ISBN 10: 0333461061
ISBN 13: 9780333461068
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. -- Christopher Chase-Dunn, Journal of Asian Studies