Development Disrupted: The Global South in the Twenty-First Century

ISBN-13: 9781108424172 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022

RUTH ELIZABE GORDON

Opis

Considers the development of the Global South in the context of rapid twenty-first-century technological change.

Recenzje

'Gordon's book provides a balanced and skillful portrait of this new technological terrain … Recommended.' R. M. Ramazani, Choice

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. An Introduction to Development: 1. Development in theory and practice; 2. The East Asian developmental state; Part II. The Evolving Development Landscape: 3. The rise of the rest: middle income countries take center stage; 4. Development reimagined: new actors, new paradigms; 5. The new philanthropists; Part III. Development Disrupted: The Potential of Technology: 6. The global technological revolution; 7. Cures for what impairs us? Contemporary uses of technology in the global south; Part IV. Clouds on the Horizon: 8. Climate change, an environmental catastrophe; 9. The end of the industrial model of development.