Poverty and development /
Series: Introductions to sociology Published by : Oxford University Press, (Oxford ; | New York :) Physical details: viii, 72 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. ISBN:0195784065; 9780195784060. Year: 2003| Item type | Current location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Die Afrikaanse Protestantse Akademie | 339.46 GRA (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | APA044510 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 66-67) and index.
Poverty and Development -- Measures of development and poverty -- Absolute poverty -- Relative deprivation and structural poverty -- Measuring development -- Modernization Theory -- The shackles of tradition -- Darwin's legacy: evolutionism -- Parts and wholes: functionalism -- The New Right: capitalism and neo-liberalism -- Theories of Underdevelopment -- The capitalist need for empire: theories of imperialism -- The ravages of colonialism: dependency theory -- Dependent development: world system theory -- False hopes: new international division of labour theory -- Unstable capitalism: regulation theory -- Robust tigers: the rise of post-Fordism -- Castells: Informational Capitalism -- The culture of real virtuality -- Globalization and identity -- The crisis of the state -- International crime -- The new economy: ICT and finance -- Where does Castells go wrong?
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