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Globalisation and the Postcolonial World: The New Political Economy of Development (2nd Revised edition) ISBN: 0333914201 ISBN13: 9780333914205 Globalisation and the Postcolonial World: The New Political Economy of Development (2nd Revised edition) By: Ankie M.M. Hoogvelt Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Format: Paperback Our Price: 20.89 Discount: 5% RRP: 21.99

This text has been updated and revised to take account of new developments in international political economy, notably the East Asian crisis, and the deepening crisis of African society. It also addresses recent forms of international management of instability that are beginning to emerge as contemporary forms of imperialist globalism. At the same time, more attention is paid to the gathering mosquito cloud of local resistance movements around the world.


Contents:

PART I: HISTORICAL STRUCTURES - Introduction to Part I - The History of Capitalist Expansion - Neo-colonialism, Modernisation and Dependency - Crisis and Restructuring: The New International Division of Labour - PART II: GLOBALIZATION - Introduction to Part II - From Expansion to Involution - Flexibility and Informationalism - Globalization - Global Governance: Regulation and Imperialism - PART III: THE POSTCOLONIAL WORLD - Introduction to Part III - Africa: Exclusion and the Containment of Anarchy - Islamic Revolt - The Developmental States of East Asia - Democracy, Civil Society and Postdevelopment in Latin America - Conclusion

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