Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective (Sociology for a New Century Series)

Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective (Sociology for a New Century Series)

by ProfessorPhilipMcMichael (Author)

Synopsis

The Second Edition of this popular textbook has been conceptually reworked to take account of the instabilities underlying the project of global development. While the conceptual framework of viewing development as shifting from a national, to a global, project remains, new issues such as the active engagement in the development project by Third World elites and peoples are considered.

The first four chapters cover the rise and fall of the 'development project' around the world. The next three cover the period of globalization, from the mid 1980s onwards. The final two chapters rethink globalization and development for the 21st century. Throughout extensive use is made of case studies.

Clear in presentation, designed to integrate the sociology of development in the mainstream of social theory, this state-of-the-art introduction to the sociology of development has profound implications for the future of the field.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 408
Edition: Second Edition
Publisher: Pine Forge Press
Published: 23 Mar 2000

ISBN 10: 0761986677
ISBN 13: 9780761986676

Author Bio
Philip McMichael grew up in Adelaide, South Australia, and is presently Professor of Development Sociology at Cornell University. His book The Agrarian Question: Foundations of Capitalism in Colonial Australia (1984) won the Social Science History Association's Allan Sharlin Memorial Award. He is also the editor of The Global Restructuring of Agro-Food Systems (1994) and Food and Agrarian Orders in the World Economy (1995). He has served as Director of Cornell University's International Political Economy Program and as Chair of the American Sociological Association's Political Economy of the World-System Section.