The Globalization and Development Reader: Perspectives on Development and Global Change

by J. Timmons Roberts (Editor), Amy Bellone Hite (Editor), Nitsan Chorev (Editor)

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

Genres: Sociology

606 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1900

Reviews

[Amburrito · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good overview of globalization and development ideas from different perspectives.

[Zhenyao Li · Rating 5 out of 5]

非常好的一本发展研究&IPE论文集！选文稍有虎头蛇尾之嫌。
前两章尤为经典，从纯粹线形发展论的rostow/亨廷顿，再到dependency theory（可赶超Cardoso，不可赶超Frank）以及world theory。这本书涵盖了几乎发展研究和ipe半壁江山的经典。