New directions in the sociology of global development

Philip. McMichael (Författare), Frederick H. Buttel (Redaktör)

ISBN 9781849503730 · eBook, ISBN 1849503737 · eBook

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Bingley : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2009

340 p.

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Research in rural sociology & development · ISSN 1057-1922 ; v. 11

Philip McMichael; Edited by Frederick H. Buttel

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SOC, Society.

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New directions in the sociology of global development · ISBN 0762312505 (Print)

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Sammanfattning

Why is global development so unequal in its social impact? How are global relations represented in local developments, and vice versa? What role do social movements play in shaping global development? This book contains a collection of essays that addresses these questions.

Innehållsförteckning

New Research Agendas in the Era of Global Development. New Directions in Commodity Chain Analysis of Global Development Processes. (J.L. Collins). Trans-Local and Trans-Regional Socio-Economic Structures in Global Development: A 'Horizontal' Perspective. (S. Halperin). Changing Rural Scenarios and Research Agendas in Latin America in the New Century. (N. Long, B. Roberts). Conquering, Comprador, or Competitive: the National Bourgeoisie in the Developing World. (A. Schrank). Global Development and Policy Questions. What is Food and Farming For? - The (Re)emergence of Health as a Key Policy Driver. (T. Lang). Promoting Sustainable Development: the Question of Governance. (G. Lawrence). 'Stateless' Regulation and Consumer Pressure: Historical Experiences of Transnational Corporate Monitoring. (G. Seidman). Strategic Questions and Global Developments. The Poverty of Resource Extraction. (S.G. Bunker). From Colonialism to Green Capitalism: Social Movements and the Emergence of Food Regimes. (H. Friedmann). Global Development and the Corporate Food Regime. (P. McMichael). Shifting Strategies of Sovereignty: Brazil and the Politics of Globalization. (S. Schoonmaker).