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- Book Title
- World Poverty: The Roots of Global Inequality and the Modern Wor
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- 9780073042954
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Companies, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0073042951
ISBN-13
9780073042954
eBay Product ID (ePID)
46480682
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
312 Pages
Publication Name
World Poverty : Global Inequality and the Modern World System
Language
English
Subject
Poverty & Homelessness
Publication Year
2005
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Non-Classifiable, Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
13.8 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2005-052211
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
339.4/6
Table Of Content
Preface Chapter 1 A World Divided: Rich Corporations and the Poor of This Earth The World's Poor At the New Millennium A Case in Point: A Walk Through Klong Toey The "Wretched of the Earth" The Affluent of the Earth American Poverty: The Most Unequal Nation Why We Should Care: Wars and International Terrorism To the Barricades, Again: Protesting "Globalization" The Exploitation of the World's Poor, Some Exceptions American and Japanese corporations in Thailand Lessons from Asia: The Richer and Poorer Nations of East and Southeast Asia A Brief Tour of Economic Development in Southeast Asia The Important Questions: A Preview Data Files: An Introduction to Data on World Poverty Chapter 2 World Poverty at the 21st Century: Global Comparisons World Inequalities by Region Democracy and Good Government Data File: Poverty Reduction, Economic Development, and Democracy Health Disparities Why We Should Care: New Plagues of the 21st Century Population Problems Demographic Transition Case in Point: Fighting Population Growth and AIDS in Thailand Rapid Urbanization Empowered Women Environment World Regions: An Historical and Contemporary Introduction Africa: The Origins of Human Development and a Continent in Crisis East and Southeast Asia: A Region on the Move South Asia: Finally Some Hope Latin America: Economic Development Without Poverty Reduction Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Overcoming Communism? The Middle East: Ancient Civilizations in Conflict World Poverty: Conclusion and Next Questions Chapter 3 The Modern World System: Explanations of Globalization and Conflict Characteristics of the Modern World System A Brief History of the Modern World System Postwar competition: the rise and fall of the Soviet Union Case in Point: Disappearing Foreign Aid The relative decline then re-emergence of the United States The Future of Core Competition American inequality, poverty, and competing forms of capitalism in the 21st century Case in Point: American and German workers compared Why We Should Care: Wal-Mart, reduced American wages, and the loss of American jobs The Global Corporate Class Chapter 4 The Global Economy and World Poverty: Attempted Explanations A Resurgence of Cultural Explanations Why the World's Poor Often Remain Poor: Dependency, Uneven Development, and Economic Stagnation The class struggle within A Case in Point: Sweatshops and Child Labor in Latin America Global Corporations Can Do Harm: Some Evidence The Western Bias: Why We Often Fail to Understand The Problem of Research Method Data File: Foreign Direct Investment and Contrasting Outcomes A Rich Nation Bias Chapter 5 The Roots of "Asian Miracles:" Ancient Traditions, "Asian Values," and Development States The Asian "Economic Miracles" Today The Development of Underdevelopment: Taiwan as an Exception Asian Traditions and Social Organization: Some Commonalities ancient civilizations Data File: The Legacy of State Building and State Efficiency Today traditions of authority and elite responsibility "Asian values" Case in Point: Japanese Corporations in Germany and Thailand development state Data File: State Effectiveness and Economic Development Today The Asian Development Model Japan's economic development the Japanese bureaucratic elite and the technical means of the development state the Asian development model: a conclusion Chapter 6 Colonialism and Its Aftermath: Fractured Nations, Wars, and Recovery (For Some) Case In Point: British Drug Pushers, the Opium Wars, and the Colonization of China Clearing Away Impediments: Pre-industrial Europe, North America, and Japan Overcoming Colonialism China: "opting out" of the modern world system India and China compared Th
Synopsis
"World Poverty" provides a general summary of world poverty at the beginning of the 21st century, then an introduction to modern world system theory and its attempts to explain world poverty and inequality. Separate chapters contain an overview of poverty in Africa, Latin America, and then Asia. Remaining chapters offer explanations for why some countries in the world (mostly in Asia) have become richer and reduced the ranks of their poor through ties with the global economy while others have not. Kerbo provides extensive evidence for why the nature of the state in developing countries is the most important factor in stagnation or even economic development with poverty reduction. But, in contrast to previous research and new statements by the World Bank, he has created a model attempting to explain why and how some countries have good governance and others do not. The book concludes with what we now know about world poverty and what does and does not work to reduce it.", World Poverty provides a general summary of world poverty at the beginning of the 21st century, then an introduction to modern world system theory and its attempts to explain world poverty and inequality. Separate chapters contain an overview of poverty in Africa, Latin America, and then Asia. Remaining chapters offer explanations for why some countries in the world (mostly in Asia) have become richer and reduced the ranks of their poor through ties with the global economy while others have not. Kerbo provides extensive evidence for why the nature of the state in developing countries is the most important factor in stagnation or even economic development with poverty reduction. But, in contrast to previous research and new statements by the World Bank, he has created a model attempting to explain why and how some countries have "good governance" and others do not. The book concludes with what we now know about world poverty and what does and does not work to reduce it.
LC Classification Number
HC79.P6
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