Central Eurasia In Global Politics: Conflict, Security, And Development (International ... in Sociology and Social Anthropology, V. 92) (May 11, 2005)
by Mehdi Parvizi Amineh (Editor), Henk Houweling (Editor)
This anthology brings together studies of post-colonial, post-Cold War Central Eurasia. This part of the world is in transition from Soviet institutions to independent statehood, nation building, resistance against state expansion, cultural change and the release of market forces. The theoretical framework of the study is called ‘critical geo-politics.’ The objective of the work is to better comprehend the nature of the post-colonial ‘Great Game'. Part I studies US power projection activity in the region. America is extending its World War II trans-oceanic 'defense perimeter into the fossile fuel rich area between integrating Europe, recovering Russia and industrializing China. Part II details various aspects of state-nation building and soci-cultural and economic change in the region. Part III studies interactions between outsiders, neighbors and Central Asian Republics. Conflict and cooperation in the Caspian region is studied in part IV, with Aral Sea and Azerbijan as cases.

The Earthscan Reader In Environment, Development And Rural Livelihoods (October, 2004)
by Samantha Jones (Editor), Grace Carswell (Editor)

Development from Below: A Namibian Case Study (July, 2003)
by Reinhart Kossler, Henning Melber, Per Strand
This paper deals with aspects of rebuilding societies from below firstly in a general development studies discourse on a more theoretical level, considering aspects of the current debate on globalization. This is followed by a concrete case study from southern Namibia. It illustrates local responses by the Witbooi-Nama in Gibeon to (re-)define identity within the context of a (nation-)state in a post-apartheid society. The contributions reflect on the issue of social recon-struction in the context of (southern) Africa with reference to a particular marginalised group. They deal, among other things, with the question of social power and the "invention of tradition" in local efforts to gain from, or seek integration into, the nation building process.

The Sociology of Post-Colonial Societies : Economic Disparity, Cultural Diversity and Development
by J. E. Goldthorpe
"...a classic tribute to a noted scholar whose work spans half a century." Paul S. Gray, International Journal of African Historical Studies
This is the completely revised and updated version of the immensely successful Sociology of the Third World. This book is about the division of the world into rich and poor countries, and the disparities between rich and poor people, especially in poor countries. It analyzes economic conditions and living standards in poor countries. It discusses droughts, famines and environmental concerns, questions about limits to growth and sustainable development and reviews theoretical perspectives on development and underdevelopment. Later chapters describe the effect and psychology of modernization.

Society, State and Market : A Guide to Competing Theories of Development
by John Martinussen
'This comprehensive introduction to development theory will without doubt provide the baseline for research and teaching in the field well into the next millenium' - Professor BJÖRN HETTNE, University of Gothenburg
'Its lucid analysis of the rival perspectives will be a great help to both the clarity of perception and imagination of the serious student of development studies.' - Professor AMIYA KUMAR BAGCHI, Director, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta
'John Martinussen has written an extremely wide-ranging survey of development concepts, theories and strategies. His extensive knowledge and his skills of concise explanation make him a trustworthy guide for both students and general readers.' - Professor JOHN TOYE, Director, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
This major new textbook has been specifically written for students in Development Studies. It provides a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary picture of development research over the past generation. Organised around four major themes, it is the only textbook in this field to present critically the full range of theoretical approaches and current debates.

Gender and Development: A Practical Guide
by Lise Ostergaard (Editor)
Gender relations most often work toward the subordination of women. Thus, the advantages of development - increased earnings or labor-saving techniques - go to men, while for women development can mean an increased and unremunerated workload. Gender and Development examines the importance of gender relations in crucial areas of development - agriculture, employment, housing, transport, health, household management - and underlines the necessity of having statistical materials that realistically reflect gender differentials.
Including the work of some of the best-known names in the field - Lise Ostergaard, Ann Whitehead, Hilary Standing, Caroline O.N. Moser, Caren Levy, Kate Young, Alison Evans, and Cecilia Anderson - Gender and Development will be essential reading for administrators of aid organizations, government policy-makers, and fieldworkers.

Third World in the First: Development and Indigenous Peoples (January, 1995)
by E. A. Young, Elspeth Young
"Young's work compares contemporary Canada and Australia vis-a-vis remote area economic development and its impact on aboriginal peoples..."
James Waldram, University Saskatchewan, Journal of Political Ecology
"...a lushly produced book...demonstrates the value of international comparisons of Indigenous issues, and transcends academic disciplines."

State-Led Modernization and the New Middle Class in Malaysia (International Political Economy)
by Abdul Rahman Embong
Rich in detail and lucidly written, this is the first comprehensive study of the new middle class in Malaysia. Abdul Rhaman Embong examines the emergence and role of the new Malay middle class, particularly with regard to democratization and evolution of civil society in Malaysia. The author explores variations within the class across the country,andralso draws comparisons with the Malay working class, and the middle classes of China, India, and elsewhere in Asia.
Abdul Rahman Embong is Professor in Sociology of Development, Institute of Malaysian and International Studies.

The Urban Caribbean: Transition to the New Global Economy
by Alejandro Portes, Carlos Dore-Cabral, Patricia Landolt
"The authors employ an innovative small numbers comparative design to examine and distinguish trends in urban primacy, spatial polarization of social classes in cities, forms of political participation, and the potential of informal enterprises for growth and capital accumulation."-- Population and Development Review
The Urban Caribbean studies urbanization in five countries--Costa Rica, Haiti, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica--during the 1980s and 1990s when the region's economy shifted from one heavily dependent on imports to one directed more to producing exports. This shift caused producers and entrepreneurs to rely more on microenterprises, thus challenging the informal economy networks of the central cities. Sociologist Alejandro Portes and the other contributors use rich, in-depth data to examine both qualitative and quantitative changes in these five countries. Their research method allows them to make generalizations applicable to all five economies while retaining the concreteness of the similarities and differences that make each country unique.
"This volume is an incentive to other collaborative efforts to chart the paths taken by the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean as they seek to accommodate to the new global political and economic context....The message of the volume is a convincing one. Because of similarities in the trends affecting countries of the region and policy debates, each country can benefit from the experiences of the others. However, the differences in political structure and in the nature of citizenship mean that social and economic policy debates must take into account the national context."--from the Foreword, by Bryan Roberts, University of Texas-Austin.

New Regional Development Paradigms: Volume 4, Environmental Management, Poverty Reduction, and Sustainable Regional Development (Contributions in Economics and Economic History)
by James E. Nickum (Editor), Kenji Oya (Editor)
In the past half century, heroic efforts have been made to extend the benefits of economic development to impoverished multitudes, but human security--a concept the UN suggested in 1994--remains elusive for too many. Like sustainable development, human security brings together issues and factors often thought to be opposites and in conflict--development and environment, core and periphery, market and state. Thinking in terms of human security and sustainable development, this volume discards this either-or approach and delineates linkages between regional development and such human security dimensions as poverty and unemployment and access to health and education services. In particular, the volume considers the incorporation of poverty alleviation and environmental management into regional development policy.
JAMES E. NICKUM is Visiting Professor of Economics at Hosei University in Tokyo. KENJI OYA is Chief Researcher at the United Nations Centre for Regional Development in Nagoya, Japan.

Market and Society in Korea: Interest, Institution and the Textile Industry (Routledge Advances in Korean Studies)
by Dennis L. McNamara
Drawing insights from the New Economic Sociology, this study sheds new light on social systems of production in the South Korean Miracle.Assessing the roles of capital, labour, and state, McNamara discovers a distinctive style of interest bargaining to bridge uncertainties and foster entrepreneurship. The textile industry serves as a microcosm of the broader social changes of the past five decades. Dramatic transitions from family firms to professional capitalism, from state direction to regulation, and from company unions to industry federations take centre stage. Moving among executives, labour leaders, and state officials, the author charts development across the crucible of contending interests. Stretching from high technology to labour-intensive production, the textile industry offers a new profile of democratization and market liberalization, and recently of globalization and adjustment in the wake of the Asian Financial Crisis. The first comprehensive review of the past and present of a leading sector, the volume offers a new interpretation of society and market in South Korea. Contrasts with Thailand and Japan bring the Korean experience of interest contention into a comparative context of Asian capitalism.

Twenty-First Century India: Population, Economy, Human Development, and the Environment (May, 2004) Tim Dyson (Editor), Robert Cassen (Editor), Leela Visaria (Editor)
This book is the culmination of a large research project led by a distinguished team of researchers. It explores the links between population growth and economic development in India, with particular reference to issues of the environment and human development. On present trends India is set to become the world's largest population, and this book seeks to give a general account of India's future under this expected growth, and derive policy conclusions from analysis of this account.

Foreign Investment and Socio-Economic Development in China : The Case of Dongguan (Studies on the Chinese Economy) (Hardcover) by Godfrey Yeung
This book investigates the causes and socio-economic effects of foreign direct investment in the Dongguan municipality of southern China during the 1990s. Based on comprehensive quantitative and qualitative research, it illustrates that the inflow of of foreign capital has both "desirable" and "undesirable" socio-economic effects. Yeung proposes a new "dynamic symbiosis" paradigm of foreign direct investment in order to illuminate the complex political and socio-economic relationships of the area.
Godfrey Yeung is Research Fellow, Sidney Sussex College.

The Challenges of Sustained Development: The Role of Socio-Cultural Factors in East-Central Europe
by Frane Adam (Editor), Matej Makarovic (Editor), Borut Roncevic (Editor), Matevz Tomsic (Editor)
This book addresses these questions in a comprehensive way. It delves into the inter-relations between the major factors of developmental performance and looks at their effects on sustained societal development. A vast amount of statistical data on social and economic factors in selected European countries is grouped into 31 easy-to-handle tables and analyzed along the following constructs: civilizational competence; social capital; cognitive mobilization; quality of governance; entrepreneurial spirit; social cohesion; and openness to the international environment.
The analysis, based on theories and indicators of development, reveals that, in spite of the progress since the fall of Communism, countries in Central and Eastern Europe still fall short of having been transformed into propulsive, "vibrant" societies, with intellectually open-minded, socially and technologically innovative environments.
Frane Adam is Associate Professor of Sociology and Head of the Centre of Theoretical Sociology at the Faculy of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana
Matej Makarovic Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Faculy of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana
Borut Roncevic is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the School of Business and Management in Novo Mesto, Slovenia
Matevz Tomsic is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Research Fellow at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana

Telecommunications and Socio-Economic Development
by S. Macdonald, G. Madden
Telecommunications systems are central to the development of a global economy, and are fundamental to the means by which most business is conducted, organised and managed. Supported by recent sophisticated econometric analyses, the International Telecommunications Union considers the link between telecommunications and economic development to be axiomatic. This volume takes a broader view. Four themes are considered: Telecommunications and Development focuses on new technology diffusion, and the regional impact of telecommunications investment. International Dimensions provides an examination of the political, strategic and legal environment within which new communications technology evolves and is employed. Organisational Aspects is concerned with organisation-specific analyses of the role and impact of telecommunications within firms. Such an approach avoids the 'telecommunications as oil' treatment of much recent analysis. Country Studies examines telecommunications issues in the Asia-Pacific region, South America, and the former communist nations of Central and Eastern Europe. The papers tacitly stress the importance of path dependence; that is, institutional features and history, are important in determining telecommunications futures.

Capitalism and Development: Immanuel Wallerstein and Development Studies
by Leslie Sklair (Editor)
This collection draws together a distinguished group of authors to explore how capitalism contributes to the development and underdevelopment of the Third World. It provides a superb overview of key concepts such as "capitalism", "development", "modernization" and "dependency".

Globalization and Integrated Area Development in European Cities (Oxford Geographical and Environmental Studies Series)
by Frank Moulaert
Contrary to common beliefs, economic globalization does not imply the end of social urban policy. This book argues that urban society and policy-makers have sufficient degrees of freedom available to decide on the social and economic future of deprived neighborhoods. Experiences from several European cities show that neighborhood-based redevelopment strategies offer a more promising future to urban populations than the global-market led slow movement that paralyzes urban policy today.

India's Communication Revolution : From Bullock Carts to Cyber Marts
by Arvind Singhal, Everett M. Rogers
This book explores the recent social changes in Indian society, resulting from the applications of new communication technologies such as satellites, cable television and the Internet. Though far from becoming an information society, it shows how India is making remarkable progress in that direction through an informatization strategy: the process through which communication technologies are used for furthering socio-economic development. The authors discuss the various processes at work at both the governmental level and in private enterprise, the rapid technological development and their impact on Indian society, the growth of software parks, the Internet revolution and the lessons learned so far.

Strategic Pragmatism: The Culture of Singapore's Economics Development Board
by Edgar C. Schein
Foreword by Lester Thurow
Per capita income in Singapore has gone from $500 to more than $20,000 in a little over twenty-five years. Edgar Schein, a social psychologist with a long and celebrated research interest in organizational studies, examines the cultural history of the key intstitution that spawned this economic miracle. Through interviews and full access to Singapore's Economic Development Board (EDB), Schein shows how economic development was successfully promoted. He delves into the individual relationships and the overall structure that contributed to the EDB's effectiveness in propelling Singapore, one of Asia's "little dragons" into the modern era. In his foreword, Lester Thurrow locates Schein's organizational and case-specific account within a larger economic and comparative framework.
Over a period of two years, Schein studied how the EDB was created, the kind of leadership it provided, the management structure it used, the human resource policies it pursued, and how it influenced other organizations within the Singapore government. Schein sat in on EDB meetings and extensively interviewed current and former members of the board, Singapore's leaders who created the board, and businesspeople who have dealt with the board. His book intertwines the perspective of the board's members and its investor clients in an analysis that uses both organization and cross-cultural theory.
Although there are currently studies of comparable Japanese and Korean organizations, this is the first detailed analysis of the internal structure and functioning of the economic development body of Singapore, a key player in the Asian and world markets.
The culture of Singapore's economic development board. Author shows how economic development was successfully promoted. DLC: Singapore. Economic Development Board.

States of Development: On the Primacy of Politics in Development
by Adrian Leftwich
The spectre of poverty, disease and ignorance still haunts much of the developing world today. But not everywhere. Some societies, such as Botswana, Mauritius, Malaysia and Korea, are successfully transforming the material life of the majority of their citizens, though not always without costs in terms of human rights. Others, such as Peru, Zaire, India and the Philippines, appear incapable of doing so. In this widely comparative study, Adrian Leftwich examines why this has happened.
Focusing on the politics and states of a wide range of developing societies, Leftwich generates a model of the 'developmental state' as a particular sub-type of state in the modern world, and argues the case for the primacy of politics in development. He challenges a number of contemporary orthodoxies in western overseas development policy, especially the current insistence that democracy is a necessary condition for development.
States of Development will be essential reading for students and scholars in developments studies and politics.
Adrian Leftwich is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of York.

Canadian Indian Policy and Development Planning Theory (Native Americans: Interdisciplinary Perspectives) (Library Binding)
by Alain Cunningham
This book explains the failures of Canadian Indian policy in terms of underlying deficiencies in development theories. The author shows how seemingly diverse theories in economics, sociology, planning and other disciplines can all be reduced to a fundamental dichotomy between liberal assimilationist doctrine, which "blames the victim" for their own problems, and the nationalist autonomist doctrine, which contrarily externalizes all blame for Indian "underdevelopment" on the state.
Until recently, most government policy makers have been committed assimilationists. Beginning in the 1840s, Canadian governments instituted increasingly oppressive attempts at social engineering to destroy Indian cultures and to assimilate them to Western liberal ideals. These unsuccessful policies only served to fuel a reactive Indian nationalist movement which first coalesced to defeat the 1969 White Paper proposals for extinguishing native rights. The subsequent deadlock between state inaction and strident Indian nationalistic demands have left a policy vacuum, which has been filled by dependency-creating welfare programs. Autonomist theorists, while effectively criticizing assimilationism, ignore that contemporary Indian leaders often play a role in perpetuating this dependency.
Rather than viewing Indian development from one polarized viewpoint or the other, the author promotes a new relational approach to explain how development problems are often simultaneously internal and external to Indian communities, and urges local community action to reduce their dependency on the central welfare state.
(Ph.D. dissertation, University of British Columbia, 1996; revised with new preface)