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The Globalization And Development Reader: Perspectives On Development
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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
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This revised & updated second edition of The Globalization & Development Reader builds on the considerable success of a first edition that has been used around the world It combines selected readings & editorial material to provide a coherent text with global coverage reflecting new theoretical & empirical developments Main text & core reference for students & professionals studying the processes of social change & development in third world countries Carefully excerpted materials facilitate the understanding of classic & contemporary writings Second edition

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a general introduction to the field & 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 Mc Michael Pranab Bardhan Ruth Pearson Sarah Babb Saskia Sassen & Steve Radelet

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