Globalization and emerging societies: development and inequality

In the setting of twenty-first century globalization this volume focuses on emerging societies, rather than emerging markets or powers. Adopting a sociological perspective, each chapter focuses on development and social inequality inemerging societies, with contributions from renowned international scholars. JAN NEDERVEEN PIETERSE Mellichamp Professor of Global Studies and Sociology, University of California Santa Barbara, USA, and University of Maastricht, the Netherlands. He has published extensively on globalization, development studies and cultural studies. His publications include: 'Ethnicities and Global Multiculture: Pants for an Octopus;' 'Globalization or Empire?'; 'Globalization and Culture: Global Mélange 'and 'Development Theory: Deconstructions/Reconstructions.'. BOIKE REHBEIN Director of the Global Studies Program at University of Freiburg, Germany. He has published widely on Southeast Asia, Bordieu andGlobalization. INDICE: Introduction: Development and Inequality; 'J.Nederveen Pieterse' &' B.Rehbein' - Twenty-first Century Globalization: Global Sociology; 'J.Nederveen Pieterse' - Rise of the Global South and Emerging Contours of a World Order; 'R.A.Palat' - Globalization and Development: Learning from Debates in China; 'J.H.Mittelman' - Internal Migration in Mainland China: Regional and World-Systemic Aspects; 'G.K.Trichur' - Paradigm Shift in India: Analyzing the Impactof Liberalization and Globalization; 'A.Kumar' - Are More People Becoming Vulnerable to Poverty? Evidence from Grassroots Investigations in Five Countries;'A.Krishna' - Hierarchical Integration: The Dollar Economy and the Rupee Economy; 'A.Krishna '&' J.Nederveen Pieterse' - Inequality, Culture and Globalization in Emerging Societies: Reflections on the Brazilian Case; 'J.A.Burity' - Africa's Engagement with China: Perpetuating the Class Project?;' S.Naidu '&' J.Jansson' - The Renaissance of Society: From Emerging Powers to Emerging Societies in a European Perspective; 'H.Schwengel' - Bibliography

• ISBN: 978-0-230-35449-4
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 272
• Fecha Publicación: 14/10/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés