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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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