Philip (Hrsg.) Mcmichael

Contesting Development

Critical Struggles for Social Change

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At a time when the development promise is increasingly in question, with dwindling social gains, the vision of modernity is losing its legitimacy and coherence. This moment is observable through the lens of critical struggles of those who experience disempowerment, displacement and development contradictions. In this book, case studies serve as an effective means of teaching key concepts and theories in the sociology of development. This collection of cases, all original, never previously published and with framing essays by Phillip McMichael, has been written with this purpose in mind. An important additional feature is that the book as a wh… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-135-17271-8
EAN: 9781135172718
Produktnummer: 19563737
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Seitenangabe: 288 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 8'426 KB
Abbildungen: Following Feminist Theory Reader, 12 schwarz-weiße Fotos, 1 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen, 4 schwarz-weiße Tabellen

Über den Autor

Philip McMichael is Professor of Development Sociology at Cornell University. His research focuses on the politics of globalization, agrarian change, and climate change. Author of Development and Social Change, he recently prepared a report for UNRISD on the food crisis, and works with La Vía Campesina and the food sovereignty movement.