FROM THE PUBLISHER

Globalization is at the heart of debates about the present phase of development of the world economy. In Globalization and the Postcolonial World, Ankie Hoogvelt joins these debates to examine the ways in which globalization is affecting the countries of the developing world. Taking a new look at historical trends and theories in development studies, Hoogvelt places special emphasis on emerging global forms of production, exchange, and governance. She describes the diverse impacts of globalization in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, East Asia, and Latin America, the identifying different postcolonial responses in each of these regions.

SYNOPSIS

The Third World is gone, proclaims British sociologist Hoogvelt, and with it has gone development studies. She explains that there is no longer a unitary classificatory descriptor of the economic, social, and political conditions of the countries of Africa, Latin America, and Asia, and so no body of knowledge or coherent theory, or even conflicting theories, about them. She describes the winds that are blowing the various peoples in different directions. The first edition appeared in 1997. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

FROM THE CRITICS

Christopher Chase-Dunn - Journal of Asian Studies