Full Description
The Sociology of Development Handbook gathers essays that reflect the range of debates in development sociology and in the interdisciplinary study and practice of development. The essays address the pressing intellectual challenges of today, including internal and international migration, transformation of political regimes, globalization, changes in household and family formations, gender dynamics, technological change, population and economic growth, environmental sustainability, peace and war, and the production and reproduction of social and economic inequality.
Contents
List of Tables and Figures Introduction: A Manifesto for the Sociology of Development - Samuel Cohn and Gregory Hooks I. EXPLAINING DEVELOPMENT: SOCIOLOGICAL INSIGHTS 1. Engendering Development: The Evolution of a Field of Research - Valentine M. Moghadam 2. Population and Development - Laszlo J. Kulcsar 3. Strengthening the Ties between Environmental Sociology and Sociology of Development - Jennifer E. Givens, Brett Clark, and Andrew K. Jorgenson 4. The Sources of Socioeconomic Development - Adam Szirmai II. HUMAN CAPABILITIES: INSTITUTIONS AND DEVELOPMENT 5. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Global North and Global South - Jeffrey T. Jackson, Kirsten Dellinger, Kathryn McKee, and Annette Trefzer 6. Magic Potion/Poison Potion: The Impact of Women's Economic Empowerment versus Disempowerment for Development in a Globalized World - Rae Lesser Blumberg 7. Land Use and the Great Acceleration in Human Activities: Political and Economic Dynamics - Thomas K. Rudel 8. Age Structure and Development: Beyond Malthus - David L. Brown and Parfait Eloundou-Enyegue 9. Development, Demographic Processes, and Public Health - Joshua Stroud, Philip Anglewicz, and Mark VanLandingham 10. Education and Development - David B. Bills III. DEVELOPMENT DYNAMICS: SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL ACCOUNTS 11. The Sociology of Subnational Development: Conceptual and Empirical Foundations - Linda Lobao 12. Sociological Perspectives on Uneven Development: The Making of Regions - Ann R. Tickamyer and Anouk Patel-Campillo 13. Migration and Development: Virtuous and Vicious Cycles - Sara R. Curran 14. Tertiary Education and Development: Strategies of Global South Countries to Meet Growing Tertiary Demand - Mary M. Kritz 15. Migrant Networks, Immigrant and Ethnic Economies, and Destination Development - Kim Korinek and Peter Loebach IV. BUILDING STATES AND FAILING STATES: DEVELOPMENT TRIUMPHS AND DISASTERS 16. The State and Development - Samuel Cohn 17. Women, Democracy, and the State - Kathleen M. Fallon and Jocelyn Viterna 18. War and Development: Questions, Answers, and Prospects for the Twenty-first Century - Gregory Hooks 19. Neoliberalism, the Origins of the Global Crisis, and the Future of States - Richard Lachmann 20. Crisis and the Rise of China - Ho-fung Hung 21. Conflict and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa - Zoe Marriage 22. Social Movements and Economic Development - Paul Almeida V. GLOBAL COMPLEXITIES AND LOCAL CONTEXTS: NEW PARADIGMS FOR EXPLAINING DEVELOPMENT 23. Globalization and Development - Nina Bandelj and Elizabeth Sowers 24. Transitions to Capitalisms: Past and Present - Rebecca Jean Emigh 25. Quantitative Growth and Economic Development through History - Rosemary L. Hopcroft 26. The Great Divergence: Why Did Industrial Capitalism Emerge in Europe, Not China? - Dingxin Zhao 27. Global Commodity Chains and Development - Jennifer Bair and Matthew Mahutga List of Contributors Index
