Full Description
Philip McMichael describes a world undergoing profound social, political, and economic transformations, from the post-World War II era through the present. He tells a story of development in four parts - colonialism, developmentalism, globalization, and sustainability - that shows how the global development "project" has taken different forms from one historical period to the next. Throughout the text, the underlying conceptual framework is that development is a political construct, created by dominant actors (states, multilateral institutions, corporations and economic coalitions) and based on unequal power arrangements. While rooted in ideas about progress and prosperity, development also produces crises that threaten the health and well-being of millions of people, and sparks organized resistance to its goals and policies. Frequent case studies make the intricacies of globalization concrete, meaningful, and clear.
Contents
Chapter 1Development: History and PoliticsDevelopment TheorySocial ChangePart I: The Development Project (Late 1940s to Early 1970s)Chapter 2: Instituting the Development ProjectColonialismDecolonizationDecolonization and DevelopmentPostwar Decolonization and the Rise of the Third WorldIngredients of the Development ProjectFraming the Development ProjectEconomic NationalismChapter 3: The Development Project: International FrameworkThe International FrameworkRemaking the International Division of LaborThe Food-Aid RegimeRemaking Third World AgriculturesChapter 4: Globalizing DevelopmentsThird World Industrialization in ContextAgricultural GlobalizationGlobal FinancePart II: The Globalization Project (1980s to 2000s)Chapter 5: Instituting the Globalization ProjectSecuring the Global Market EmpireThe Debt RegimeThe Globalization ProjectGlobal GovernanceThe World Trade OrganizationChapter 6: The Globalization Project in PracticePoverty GovernanceOutsourcingDisplacementInformalizationGlobal RecolonizationChapter 7: Global CountermovementsEnvironmentalismFeminismFood SovereigntyPart III: Millennial Reckonings (2000s to Present)Chapter 8: The Globalization Project in CrisisSocial CrisisLegitimacy CrisisGeopolitical TransitionsEcological CrisisChapter 9: Sustainable Development?The Challenge of Climate ChangeResponses to the Sustainability ChallengeBusiness as UsualPublic InterventionsGrassroots DevelopmentsChapter 10: Rethinking DevelopmentDevelopment in the Gear of Social ChangeParadigm Change
