Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective

Author: Philip McMichael (Author)

Edition: 6th

Language: English

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc

Dimensions: 6 x 0.96 x 9 inches

ISBN-10: 1452275904

ISBN-13: 978-1452275901

Publication Date: February 17, 2016

Print Length: 424 pages

In this new Sixth Edition of Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective, author Philip McMichael describes a world undergoing profound social, political, and economic transformations from the post-World War II era through the present. He tells a story of development in four parts—colonialism, developmentalism, globalization, and sustainability—that shows how the global development “project” has taken different forms from one historical period to the next. Throughout the text, the underlying conceptual framework is that development is a political construct, created by dominant actors (states, multilateral institutions, corporations, and economic coalitions) based on unequal power arrangements.

While rooted in ideas about progress and prosperity, development also produces crises that threaten the health and well-being of millions of people and sparks organized resistance to its goals and policies. Frequent case studies make the intricacies of globalization concrete, meaningful, and clear. Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective challenges us to see ourselves as global citizens even as we are global consumers.

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