Examines the past achievements as well as the current and future challenges of the world's largest multilateral donor population programs. This book provides an invaluable assessment of the state of world population programs and a fascinating look into the future of community development.
This major textbook provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the main analytical approaches and their use in the study of third world politics and development. The author outlines the difficulties in the various analytical approaches to the study of development within political science; presents a critical overview of each of the main ......
Globalization and Development provides a comprehensive introduction to the concept of globalization and its challenge to the contemporary study of development, Frans J Schuurman's timely volume is divided into two parts. Part one introduces the theoretical issues and debates surrounding globalization, and illustrates the often contested nature of the concept, considering the implications for the future of development studies. Part two reviews more specific theory and policy implications by assessing the impact of globalization on a number of key areas of study in development studies. These include the environment, gender, human rights, multinationals, and urban development. An essential underlying theme to the book is whether a seeming transition from development studies to global studies is offering anything new and fruitful for our future understanding and study of development.
Reporting the progress in the fight against the ingrained poverty and social problems of many areas with in the US, this text includes case studies from many cities which highlight the achievements in such communities. '
The task of monitoring Africa's development progress and aid flows requires basic empirical data. This publication acts as a starting point for obtaining that data, with 15 chapters presenting the relevant data for 1970-1996. Each chapter begins with a brief introduction on the nature of the data.
Why, while Europe, North America, and Australia have developed, have Africa, much of Asia, and Latin America remained underdeveloped? Andre Gunder Frank sets out to answer this basic question by showing how world capital accumulation has led to the differentiation of these regions within the single world-embracing economic system. Unequal exchange ......
International Organizations and the Future of Welfare
Studying the globalization of social policy, this text demonstrates that national social policy is increasingly determined by global economic competition and by the social policy of international organizations. The authors argue that the substance of social policy now has to be understood in terms of global social redistribution, global social regulation and global social provision and empowerment. The book examines trends global inequity and summarizes the diverse experiences of different types of regimes across the world. The social policies of international organizations such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, UN agencies and the European Union are also reviewed.
