From Modernization to Globalization is a reference for scholars, students and development practitioners on the issues of processes of social change and development in the "Third World". It provides carefully excerpted samples from both classic and up-to-date writings in the development literature, short, insightful introductions to each section and a general introduction.
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Why are some countries poor?
What can they do to turn their situations around?
What happens to countries and individuals when they move towards being "modern"?
What does it mean to "develop" and be "modern" anyway?
What are the social effects of the processes of worldwide economic, cultural, and political integration called globalization?
From Modernization to Globalization is a reference for scholars, students and development practitioners on the issues of processes of social change and development in the 'Third World'. It provides carefully excerpted samples from both classic and up-to-date writings in the development literature, as well as, a general introduction.
Part One reviews formative ideas on the transition to modern society with brief readings from classical theorists. The second part addresses the modernizationists' discussion of how development changes people. The response from dependency and world-system theorists is reviewed in Part Three. The final section includes eight of the most influential writings on the social effects of globalization. Together, this represents an unprecedented compilation important of writings on international development.
About the Author
J. Timmons Roberts is Associate Professor in Sociology and Latin American Studies at Tulane University. His research examines the social and environmental impacts of globalization. He has published articles and essays in The Geographical Review, World Development, Current Sociology, and the Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures.
Amy Hite is Visiting Instructor in the Center for Latin American Studies at Tulane University.
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Wonderful resource for a birdseye view of significant observations of the world changes for 2000plus. Stimulates individual thought and also excellent for a group discussion launching pad. Scholars and students will find it engaging and meaningful.
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Billions of lives have been influenced by the revolutionary content of The Communist Manifesto, penned by Germans Karl Marx (1818-83) and his sometimes co-author and friend Friedrich Engels (1820-95). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
panel regression estimates, investment dependence, international economic dependence, free production zones, segmentary type, welfare critique, global manufacturing system, world market factories, debt dependence, capital realization, transnational capitalist class, semiperipheral countries, psychic mobility, informal sector work, evolutionary universals, domestic capital formation, sustainable human development, globalization project, media participation, modernizing countries, commodity chains Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Latin America, New York, United States, East Asian, South Korea, Federal German, World Bank, Middle East, World War, Hong Kong, First World, Princeton University Press, Oxford University Press, Middle Ages, Temple University Press, Kathryn Ward, Monthly Review Press, University of California Press, Mao Tse-Tung, Mexico City, South Africa, Cambridge University Press, Cornell University Press, Los Angeles, North American New!
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Billions of lives have been influenced by the revolutionary content of The Communist Manifesto, penned by Germans Karl Marx (1818-83) and his sometimes co-author and friend Friedrich Engels (1820-95). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
panel regression estimates, investment dependence, international economic dependence, free production zones, segmentary type, welfare critique, global manufacturing system, world market factories, debt dependence, capital realization, transnational capitalist class, semiperipheral countries, psychic mobility, informal sector work, evolutionary universals, domestic capital formation, sustainable human development, globalization project, media participation, modernizing countries, commodity chains Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Latin America, New York, United States, East Asian, South Korea, Federal German, World Bank, Middle East, World War, Hong Kong, First World, Princeton University Press, Oxford University Press, Middle Ages, Temple University Press, Kathryn Ward, Monthly Review Press, University of California Press, Mao Tse-Tung, Mexico City, South Africa, Cambridge University Press, Cornell University Press, Los Angeles, North American New!
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- Economic Growth by W. W. Rostow on 4 pages
- Toward Renewed Economic Growth in Latin America by Bela Balassa on page 251, page 369, and Back Matter
- The Political Economy of Policy Reform by John Williamson on page 369, page 371, and page 372
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- IQ and the Wealth of Nations by Richard Lynn in Back Matter
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