Contents: Preface. Globalization and development studies: introducing the challenges/Frans J. Schuurman. I. The challenges and their limits : 1. Introduction to part I/Frans J. Schuurman. 2. Globalization after modernization: a new paradigm for development studies/Martin Albrow. 3. Globalization: a challenge to the social sciences/Arie de Ruijter. 4. Vicious and benign universalism/John Tomlinson. 5. The nation-state, emancipatory spaces and development studies in the global era/Frans J. Schuurman. II. Globalization and central issues in development studies : 1.Introduction to the contributions in part II/Detlev Haude and Frans Schuurman. 2. Globalization and human rights: some developmental reflections/Reinhart Kossler. 3. Multinationals and development: revisiting the debate/Kristoffel Lieten. 4. Globalization, sustainable development, and environment: a balancing act/M.A. Mohamed Salih. 5. Feminist sightings of global restructuring: conceptualizations and reconceptualizations/Marianne H. Marchand and Anne Sisson Runyan. 6. Globalization and gender: beyond dichotomies/Tine Davids and Francien van Driel. 7. Cities and the globalization of urban development policy/Ton van Naerssen. Index. "This text provides a comprehensive introduction to the concept of globalization and its challenge to the contemporary study of development. "Part 1 introduces the theoretical issues and debates surrounding globalization, illustrates the often contested nature of the concept, and considers the implications for the future of development 212 pp.

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Title: Globalization and Development Studies : Challenges for the 21 Century
Publisher: Vistaar
Publication Date: 2004
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