Geographies of Developing Areas

Höfundur Glyn Williams; Paula Meth; Katie Willis

Útgefandi Taylor & Francis

Snið ePub

Print ISBN 9780415643887

Útgáfa 2

Útgáfuár 2014

13.190 kr.

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  • Cover Page
  • Half Title page
  • Endorsements
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of plates
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • List of case studies
  • List of key concepts
  • List of thinkers and debates
  • Acknowledgements
  • Acronyms
  • 1 Introduction
  • Defining the Global South: Real and Imagined Dividing Lines
  • The Power of Representation
  • Geographies of Globalization
  • Engaging with the Global South
  • Challenging the Position of Development
  • Using This Book
  • The structure of the book
  • For the reader in a hurry…
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Part 1: Representing the South
  • 2 Imagining the South
  • Introduction
  • Viewing the South from the North
  • Exoticism and eroticism
  • First nations and noble savages
  • Poverty and pathos
  • Barbarism and threats
  • Reinterpreting the South from the South
  • Histories of interconnection
  • Morality and traditional values
  • Modernity
  • Development As a Mode of Imagination
  • Imagining the future: post-war development policies from the North
  • Facts and statistics
  • Imagining the future: alternatives from the South
  • Conclusions
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Websites
  • Part 2: The South in a global world
  • 3 The South in a changing world order
  • Introduction
  • Forming States and Nations in the Global South
  • Colonialism and the emergence of the modern state
  • Decolonization and its aftermath in the South
  • A Changing World Order: From Empires to Global Governance?
  • The South and global superpowers
  • The South and global governance
  • Conclusions
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Websites
  • 4 The South in a globalizing economy
  • Introduction
  • Economic Exchange and Trade: Historical Trends
  • Primary Commodities, ‘Natural Resources’ and Tourism
  • Oil: economic power in the Global South?
  • Tourism
  • Foreign Direct Investment, Manufacturing and Shifting International Divisions of Labour
  • Finance, Investment and Speculation
  • Conclusions
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Websites
  • 5 Social and cultural change in the Global South
  • Introduction
  • Health and Lifestyle
  • The rise of HIV/AIDS
  • Maternal health
  • Health and ageing
  • Migration and Diaspora
  • Urbanization and City Living
  • Religion
  • Conclusions
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Websites
  • Part 3: Living in the South
  • 6 Political lives
  • Introduction
  • Establishing Rule
  • Experiencing State Power
  • Contesting Power
  • Conclusions: Reshaping the State
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Websites
  • 7 Making a living
  • Introduction
  • Understanding the Ways in Which People Make a Living
  • The ‘whole-economy model’
  • ‘Diverse economies’
  • Informal ways of making a living
  • Ways of Making a Living are Historically and Spatially Contingent
  • From colonialism to neoliberalism and beyond?
  • The changing fortunes of public sector workers
  • Deagrarianization and the internationalization of agriculture
  • Inequalities of Work
  • Gendered ways of making a living
  • Child workers
  • Working Together? Using Collective Organization to Improve Ways of Making a Living
  • Conclusions
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Websites
  • 8 Ways of living
  • Introduction
  • Home-Making
  • House construction and domestic material culture
  • Household formation
  • Domestic social divisions
  • Food and Clothing
  • Food consumption
  • Clothing
  • Leisure and Play
  • Conclusions
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Websites
  • Part 4: Making a difference
  • 9 Governing development
  • The State’s Role within Development
  • The Rise and Fall of the Developmental State
  • Reforming the State
  • From Good Governance to the Return of the Developmental State?
  • Conclusions
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Websites
  • 10 Markets and development
  • Introduction
  • Markets and Free Trade
  • The Rise of Neoliberalism in Development Policy
  • Debt crisis and Structural Adjustment Policies
  • Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers
  • Poverty Reduction, Sustainable Livelihoods and Entrepreneurialism
  • Free Trade, Fair Trade and Ethical Consumerism
  • Markets And Service Provision
  • Conclusions
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Websites
  • 11 Grassroots development
  • Introduction
  • Moral Economies and Human-Scale Development
  • Respecting Communities And Local Knowledge
  • From Margins to Mainstream? Scaling up
  • Conclusions
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Websites
  • 12 Conclusions
  • Where Next for Geographies of ‘Developing Areas’?
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index
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