From Modernization to Globalization: Perspectives on Development and Social Change

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From Modernization to Globalization: Perspectives on Development and Social Change

J. Timmons Roberts,Amy Bellone Hite

Description

From Modernization to Globalization is a reference for scholars, students and development practitioners on the issues of processes of social change and development in the "Third World". It provides carefully excerpted samples from both classic and up-to-date writings in the development literature, short, insightful introductions to each section and a general introduction.

About the Author

J. Timmons Roberts is Associate Professor in Sociology and Latin American Studies at Tulane University. His research examines the social and environmental impacts of globalization. He has published articles and essays in The Geographical Review, World Development, Current Sociology, and the Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures.

Amy Hite is Visiting Instructor in the Center for Latin American Studies at Tulane University.

Features

Carefully excerpted samples from both classic and contemporary writings in development literature.
Short, insightful introductions for each section of the book.
A useful general introduction for undergraduate, graduate, and non- specialist audiences.

Series

Wiley Blackwell Readers in Sociology

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