Geographies of Developing Areas
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Ensk lýsing:
Geographies of Developing Areas is a thought provoking and accessible introductory text, presenting a fresh view of the Global South that challenges students' pre-conceptions and promotes lively debate. Rather than presenting the Global South as a set of problems, from rapid urbanization to poverty, this book focuses on the diversity of life in the South, and looks at the role the South plays in shaping and responding to current global change.
The core contents of the book integrate 'traditional' concerns of development geographers, such as economic development and social inequality, with aspects of the global South that are usually given less attention, such as cultural identity and political conflict. This edition has been fully updated to reflect recent changes in the field and highlight issues of security, risk and violence; environmental sustainability and climate change; and the impact of ICT on patterns of North-South and South-South exchange.
It also challenges students to think about how space is important in both the directions and the outcomes of change in the Global South, emphasizing the inherently spatial nature of political, economic and socio-cultural processes. Students are introduced to the Global South via contemporary debates in development and current research in cultural, economic and political geographies of developing areas.
The textbook consider how images of the so-called 'Third World' are powerful, but problematic. It explores the economic, political and cultural processes shaping the South at the global scale and the impact that these have on people's lives and identities. Finally, the text considers the possibilities and limitations of different development strategies. The main arguments of the book are richly illustrated through case study material drawn from across the Global South as well as full colour figures and photos.
Students are supported throughout with clear examples, explanations of key terms, ideas and debates, and introductions to the wider literature and relevant websites in the field. The pedagogical features of the book have been further developed through discussion questions and activities that provide focused tasks for students' research, including investigation based around the book's case studies, and in-depth exploration of debates and concepts it introduces.
Lýsing:
Geographies of Developing Areas is a thought provoking and accessible introductory text, presenting a fresh view of the Global South that challenges students' pre-conceptions and promotes lively debate. Rather than presenting the Global South as a set of problems, from rapid urbanization to poverty, this book focuses on the diversity of life in the South, and looks at the role the South plays in shaping and responding to current global change.
The core contents of the book integrate 'traditional' concerns of development geographers, such as economic development and social inequality, with aspects of the global South that are usually given less attention, such as cultural identity and political conflict. This edition has been fully updated to reflect recent changes in the field and highlight issues of security, risk and violence; environmental sustainability and climate change; and the impact of ICT on patterns of North-South and South-South exchange.
It also challenges students to think about how space is important in both the directions and the outcomes of change in the Global South, emphasizing the inherently spatial nature of political, economic and socio-cultural processes. Students are introduced to the Global South via contemporary debates in development and current research in cultural, economic and political geographies of developing areas.
The textbook consider how images of the so-called 'Third World' are powerful, but problematic. It explores the economic, political and cultural processes shaping the South at the global scale and the impact that these have on people's lives and identities. Finally, the text considers the possibilities and limitations of different development strategies. The main arguments of the book are richly illustrated through case study material drawn from across the Global South as well as full colour figures and photos.
Students are supported throughout with clear examples, explanations of key terms, ideas and debates, and introductions to the wider literature and relevant websites in the field. The pedagogical features of the book have been further developed through discussion questions and activities that provide focused tasks for students' research, including investigation based around the book's case studies, and in-depth exploration of debates and concepts it introduces.
Annað
- Höfundar: Glyn Williams, Paula Meth, Katie Willis
- Útgáfa:2
- Útgáfudagur: 2014-03-21
- Blaðsíður: 376
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- Format:ePub
- ISBN 13: 9781136162589
- Print ISBN: 9780415643887
- ISBN 10: 1136162585
Efnisyfirlit
- 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
- 2 Imagining the South
- 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
- 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
- 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'?
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