{"product_id":"the-globalization-and-development-reader-perspectives-on-development-and-global-change-paperback","title":"The Globalization and Development Reader: Perspectives on Development and Global Change - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. Timmons Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAmy Bellone Hite\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eNitsan Chorev\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis revised and updated second edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Globalization and Development Reader\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eMain 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSecond edition includes 33 essential readings, including 21 new selections\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncreased 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes a general introduction to the field, and short, insightful section introductions to each reading\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis revised and updated second edition of\u003ci\u003e The Globalization and Development Reader\u003c\/i\u003e 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. It provides original texts, including classics in the field and others at the cutting edge, which have been carefully edited for the non-technical reader, and offers concise definitions of key terms and concepts, requiring no prior knowledge about globalization and development or related theories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe second edition expands the collection of classic texts and, at the same time, provides the most important and readable articles and book selections on recent developments. More than half of the readings are new for the second edition, with a higher degree of editing for a student readership, and with increased coverage of China and India supporting its genuinely global coverage. New pieces help to capture the implications for developing countries of the recent Great Recession of the global North. There is more on global inequality and uneven economic development, as well as on women, international migration, the role of cities, agriculture and the environment, and especially climate change. There is also new material on the ability of labour to organize across borders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is an engaging and illuminating collection that includes a general introduction to the field, and short, insightful section introductions that introduce each reading. It provides an up-to-date primer and core reference source for students, scholars, and development practitioners wishing to get up to speed quickly on the issues surrounding social change, globalization, and development in the Third World.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis revised and updated second edition of\u003ci\u003e The Globalization and Development Reader\u003c\/i\u003e 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. It provides original texts, including classics in the field and others at the cutting edge, which have been carefully edited for the non-technical reader, and offers concise definitions of key terms and concepts, requiring no prior knowledge about globalization and development or related theories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe second edition expands the collection of classic texts and, at the same time, provides the most important and readable articles and book selections on recent developments. More than half of the readings are new for the second edition, with a higher degree of editing for a student readership, and with increased coverage of China and India supporting its genuinely global coverage. New pieces help to capture the implications for developing countries of the recent Great Recession of the global North. There is more on global inequality and uneven economic development, as well as on women, international migration, the role of cities, agriculture and the environment, and especially climate change. There is also new material on the ability of labour to organize across borders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is an engaging and illuminating collection that includes a general introduction to the field, and short, insightful section introductions that introduce each reading. It provides an up-to-date primer and core reference source for students, scholars, and development practitioners wishing to get up to speed quickly on the issues surrounding social change, globalization, and development in the \"Third World\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJ. Timmons Roberts is the Ittleson Professor of Environmental Studies and Sociology at Brown University, Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and a Faculty Fellow at the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown. He has published over seventy articles and his books include \u003ci\u003eA Climate of Injustice: Global Inequality, North-South Politics, and Climate Policy\u003c\/i\u003e (with Bradley Parks, 2007) and \u003ci\u003eTrouble in Paradise: Globalization and Environmental Crises in Latin America\u003c\/i\u003e (with Nikki Thanos, 2003).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmy Bellone Hite is Chairperson of The Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Xavier University of Louisiana. In addition to articles on urbanization and development, gender and class in Latin America, and demographic changes resulting from Hurricane Katrina, Bellone Hite has co-edited two prior volumes with J. Timmons Roberts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNitsan Chorev is the Harmon Family Professor of Sociology and International Affairs at Brown University. She was recently a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and a member at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ. Her publications include, \u003ci\u003eThe World Health Organization Between North and South\u003c\/i\u003e (Cornell University Press, 2012) and \u003ci\u003eRemaking U.S. Trade Policy: From Protectionism to Globalization \u003c\/i\u003e(Cornell University Press, 2007).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 640\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.5 x 6.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 31, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47447771087026,"sku":"9781118735107","price":127.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/c4aa3d723c6576efd32a73f2aa62eaa7.webp?v=1778745456","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-globalization-and-development-reader-perspectives-on-development-and-global-change-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}