Southern Exposure: International Development and the Global South in the Twenty-First Century
Barbara P. Thomas-Slayter | | ISBN: 978-1-56549-174-8 $27.50 |
| ISBN: 978-1-62637-508-6 $27.50 |
| 2003/284 pages |
DESCRIPTION
This widely used introductory text, rich with illustrative case studies, addresses the key political and economic challenges facing the countries of the global south as they engage with the global system.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Barbara P. Thomas-Slayter is research professor in the International Development, Community, and Environment Department (IDCE) at Clark University in Massachusetts.
CONTENTS
- Understanding the "Global South": Poverty, Wealth, and Change.
- POLITICAL CHANGE: TRAPS, ILLUSIONS, AND OPPORTUNITIES.
- Exploring North-South Relationships: From the East India Company to East Timor.
- Politics and the State: Concepts, Political Realities, and Challenges.
- Conflict, Human Rights, and the Politics of Refugees.
- ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIPS, TRENDS, CRISES, AND CHALLENGES.
- The Shape of the Global Economy.
- Economic Realities and Local Perspectives: Rural Livelihoods, Debt and Drugs, and Globalizing Industries.
- CRITICAL ISSUES: POPULATION DYNAMICS, FOOD SECURITY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION.
- The Dynamics of Population, Development, and Environment.
- Food Security, Rural Change, and Global Politics.
- LOCAL ACTION, GLOBAL CHANGE.
- New Voices and New Agendas.
"Thomas-Slayter's remarkable compendium is based on some of her firsthand turn-of-the-20th-century research ventures into the largely underdeveloped southern half of the globe.... Highly recommended [for] all levels."—Choice
"Seeks to explore the problems of globalization from the perspective of ordinary non-elite people of the South."—Reference and Research Book News
"An introductory text on development [that] offers a broad view."—Future Survey