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New Directions in the Sociology of Global Development
McMichael Buttel
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Description for New Directions in the Sociology of Global Development
Hardcover. A collection of essays, this volume is subdivided into sections posing research, policy, and strategic questions regarding social change. It introduces conceptual innovations regarding the spatial boundaries of development, sovereignty and the politics of globalization, food regime analysis, recompositions of rural activity, and more. Editor(s): Buttel, Frederick H.; McMichael, Philip D. Series: Research in Rural Sociology & Development. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTF; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 233 x 31. Weight in Grams: 618.
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? These are some of the questions animating this state-of-the-art collection of essays. Subdivided into sections posing research, policy, and strategic questions regarding contemporary social change, this volume brings together scholars well-known for challenging conventional wisdoms in the sociology of global development. In exploring development, these chapters range across the global North and South, economic sectors, policy scales, state/civil society relations, social models, and changing compositional and contextual dimensions of ... Read more
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? These are some of the questions animating this state-of-the-art collection of essays. Subdivided into sections posing research, policy, and strategic questions regarding contemporary social change, this volume brings together scholars well-known for challenging conventional wisdoms in the sociology of global development. In exploring development, these chapters range across the global North and South, economic sectors, policy scales, state/civil society relations, social models, and changing compositional and contextual dimensions of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
Series
Research in Rural Sociology & Development
Number of Pages
340
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780762312504
SKU
V9780762312504
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