Globalization and Emerging Societies: Development and Inequality

ISBN-13: 9780230354494 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 268 str.

Jan Nederveen Pieterse

Opis

In the setting of twenty-first century globalization this volume focuses on emerging societies, rather than emerging markets or powers. Adopting a sociological perspective, each chapter focuses on development and social inequality in emerging societies, with contributions from renowned international scholars.

Recenzje

'This original collection offers a novel perspective: that of emerging societies and global inequalities. It is comprehensive yet focused; comparative yet cumulative; interdisciplinary yet cohesive. It presents a range of critical voices from and about the global South yet cautions that not all countries and sectors will benefit: only some capitalisms and communities will thrive as the BRICs supersede the dominance of the G-8.' - Timothy M Shaw, Professor & Director, Institute of International Relations at The University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago

'A remarkably coherent collection of impressive essays exploring both the opportunities and the dark consequences of globalization. Between them the chapters deconstruct the concept of development, show what it means in different contexts in different societies, and alert us to the dangerous in egalitarian consequences of unplanned growth. A most welcome contribution to the growing literature on globalisation.' - Bhikhu Parekh, Professor of Political Philosophy, University of Westminster, UK

Spis treści

Introduction: Development and Inequality; J.Nederveen Pieterse& B.Rehbein Twenty-first Century Globalization: Global Sociology; J.Nederveen Pieterse Rise of the Global South and Emerging Contours of a World Order; R.A.Palat Globalization and Development: Learning from Debates in China; J.H.Mittelman Internal Migration in Mainland China: Regional and World-Systemic Aspects; G.K.Trichur Paradigm Shift in India: Analyzing the Impact of Liberalization and Globalization; A.Kumar Are More People Becoming Vulnerable to Poverty? Evidence from Grassroots Investigations in Five Countries; A.Krishna Hierarchical Integration: The Dollar Economy and the Rupee Economy; A.Krishna & J.Nederveen Pieterse Inequality, Culture and Globalization in Emerging Societies: Reflections on the Brazilian Case; J.A.Burity Africa's Engagement with China: Perpetuating the Class Project?; S.Naidu & J.Jansson The Renaissance of Society: From Emerging Powers to Emerging Societies in a European Perspective; H.Schwengel Bibliography

O autorze

JOANILDO A. BURITY is Senior Researcher, Fundação Joaquim Nabuco, and Lecturer in Sociology and Political Science, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil JOHANNA JANSSON is a Senior Analyst at the Centre for Chinese Studies, Stellenbosch University, South Africa ANIRUDH KRSHNA is Associate Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at the Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University, USA ANAND KUMAR is Professor of Sociology and chair of the Department of Sociology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, President of the Indian Association of Sociology and Coordinator of the Global Studies Programme, India JAMES H. MITTELMAN is University Professor of International Affairs at American University, Washington, DC, USA SANUSHA NAIDU is Research Director of the China in Africa programme based with FAHAMU in South Africa JAN NEDERVEEN PIETERSE is Mellichamp Professor of Global Studies and Sociology, University of California-Santa Barbara, USA RAVI A. PALAT is Associate Professor of Sociology, Binghamton University, New York, USA BOIKE REHBEIN is Director of Global Studies Programme, University of Freiburg, Germany HERMANN SCHWENGEL is Professor and Chair of Sociology, University of Freiburg, Germany GANESH K. TRICHUR teaches Global Political Economy and Asian Political Economy in the Global Studies department at St. Lawrence University, New York, USA

Blurb

This upper level textbook provides readers with evocative and analytical accounts of

social processes that are linked to globalization and connectivity, which includes a wide

range of multi-centred connections in history, DNA analysis, technology, art populism

and political economy.

Rather than globalization, Nederveen Pieterse focuses on connectivity. His approach

to globalization differs from both structuralist accounts of the world-system, and the

institutionally-centred focus of much work in international studies. This synthesis will

provide a new resource to reconstruct theoretical approaches to globalization and

global studies.

Fluently written, clearly organized and with an interdisciplinary approach, the book

will be accessible to upper division undergraduates and graduates in social sciences and

humanities, including students and researchers from the fields of sociology, politics,

political economy, development studies and international relations.