Out from Underdevelopment Revisited Changing Global Structures and the Remaking of the Third World - Hardcover

Mittelman, James H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0333636449 ISBN 13: 9780333636442

Publisher: McMillin Pub Llc

Synopsis

'This is a very timely updating of the very useful 1988 edition. It takes account of major intervening changes in world political economy, notably the collapse of 'real socialism' and the dominance of neoliberal economic policy, despite which Mittelman and Pasha provide reasoned and plausible assurance that there can be alternative paths to development. Pasha's collaboration reinforces Mittelman's disposition to view the problems from the social and cultural perspectives of the subjects of development and to analyse these problems in terms of the contest of social forces that lies behind the often obscuring screens of ethnicity and religion. A clear and accessible writing style makes this book, like its predecessor, ideal for teaching and for the concerned reader.' - Robert W. Cox Development may be best understood in terms of the interplay among capital accumulation, the state, and class. Subject to globalizing structures, classes, in turn, are examined in light of their interactions with culture, especially gender and religion as well as ecology. Case-studies - Brazil, the Asian newly industrializing countries, China, and Mozambique - reveal three possibilities for overcoming underdevelopment: joining, leaving, or weaving through global capitalism. The conclusions do not fail to present specific principles upon which policies can be based.

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From the Back Cover

Development may be best understood in terms of the fluid and variable interplay between capital accumulation, the state and class. Subject to globalizing structures, classes, in turn, are examined in their interactions with culture, especially gender and religion as well as ecology. Case-studies - Brazil, the Asian newly industrializing countries, China and Mozambique - reveal three possibilities for overcoming underdevelopment: joining, leaving, or weaving through global capitalism.

About the Author

James H. Mittelman is Professor of International Relations in the School of International Service at the American University in Washington, D.C. where he was Chair of the Department of Comparative and Regional Studies.

Mustapha Kamal Pasha is Past-Program Chair of the International Studies Association and Associate Professor of International Relations at the School of International Service, American University in Washington, D.C.

About this edition

• Publisher: McMillin Pub Llc
• ISBN 10: 0333636449
• ISBN 13: 9780333636442
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2