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In his Fifth Edition of Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective, author Philip McMichael examines the project of globalization and its instabilities (climate, energy, food, financial crises) through the lens of development and its origins in the colonial project. The book continues to help students make sense of a complex world in transition and explains how globalization became part of public discourse. Filled with case studies, this text makes the intricacies of globalization concrete, meaningful, and clear for students and moves them away from simple social evolutionary views, encouraging them to connect social change, development policies, global inequalities and social movements. The book challenges students to see themselves as global citizens whose consumption decisions have real social and ecological implications.
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In this text for advanced students, development and globalization are presented as projects with coherent organizing principles, yet unrealistic in their vision, since these projects can only be realized through social and spatial inequalities. The text also considers development and globalization processes from the perspective of social movements. Coverage encompasses the era from the 1940s to the present. This fifth edition offers a new discussion of the origins and role of development theory, within the context of the history of decolonization. This edition also examines current crises in food, energy, financial markets, and climate change, as well as global redistribution of political-economic power and the challenge to US supremacy. Learning features include case boxes, lists of websites, b&w maps, and timelines. An instructor website provides lecture slides. McMichael teaches development sociology at Cornell University. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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