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FROM MODERNIZATION TO GLOBALIZATION:
SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES ON INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Edited by J. Timmons Roberts and Amy Hite
Blackwell Publishers
Forthcoming Nov/December, 1999

"This comprehensive book contains a rich range of 'classic' articles
helping
to explain why certain countries and peoples are poor, currently and
historically. The essays explore the shift in conceptualization from
modernization to development and most recently to globalization, and the

social effects of world processes. Combined, they provide superb
background
to the subject matter."
Susan Eckstein, Boston University (Past-President, Latin American
Studies
Association)

"At last I have found a textbook I can wholeheartedly recommend to my
students. It will retain its value for many years to come as the
readings
are either classics or are likely to become so. This comprehensive and
balanced book is further proof of the revival of development theory and
its
relevance for understanding the world in the new millennium."
Cristóbal Kay, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague

· Why are some countries poor? What can they do to turn their situations

around?
· What happens to countries and individuals when they "modernize"?
· What does it mean to "develop" and be "modern"?
· What are the social effects of globalization?

>From Modernization to Globalization is a reference for scholars,
students,
and development practitioners on the issues of social change and
development
in the "Third World." It provides carefully excerpted samples from both
classic and contemporary writings in the development literature, short,
insightful introductions to each section, and a general introduction.
Part
One reviews formative ideas on the transition to modern society with
brief
readings from classical theorists. The second part addresses the
modernizationists' discussion of how development changes people. The
response from dependency and world-system theorists is reviewed in Part
Three. The final section includes eight of the most influential writings
on
the social effects of globalization. Together, this represents an
unprecedented compilation of an impressive range of writings on
international development.


CONTENTS

Preface/Acknowledgments

INTRODUCTION

PART I: FORMATIVE IDEAS ON THE TRANSITION TO MODERN SOCIETY

1.      Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels.  1848/1844.  "Manifesto of the
Communist Party"; "Alienated Labor"

2.      Durkheim, Emile.  1893. Selections from The Division of Labor in
Society

3.      Weber, Max. 1905.  The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of
Capitalism",
"Characteristics of Bureaucracy" (1920),"Science as a Vocation" (1919)

PART II: HOW DOES DEVELOPMENT CHANGE PEOPLE? MODERNIZATION THEORIES AND
THE INTELLECTUAL ROOTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

4.      Parsons, Talcott.  1964. "Evolutionary Universals in Society

5. Rostow, W.W. 1960. The Stages of Economic Growth:  A Non-Communist
Manifesto,

6. Lewis, Oscar. 1968 From A Study of Slum Culture: Backgrounds for LA
VIDA.

7.      Lerner, Daniel. 1958.  Excerpts from The Passing of Traditional
Society.

8.      Inkeles, Alex. 1969. "Making Men Modern: On the Causes of
Individual
Change in Six Developing Countries."

9.      Huntington, Samuel.  1968/ 1971 "The Change to Change:
Modernization,
Development, and Politics" Political Order in Changing Societies.

PART III: BLAMING THE VICTIMS? DEPENDENCY AND WORLD-SYSTEMS THEORIES
RESPOND

10.     Frank, Andre Gunder. 1969. "The Development of
Underdevelopment."

11.     Cardoso, Fernando Henrique. 1972. "Dependency and Development in
Latin
America."

12.     de Janvry, Alain. and Carlos Garramon. 1977. "The Dynamics of
Rural
Poverty in Latin America."

13.     Wallerstein, Immanuel. 1979. "The Rise and Future Demise of the
World
Capitalist System:  Concepts for Comparative Analysis."

14.     Chase-Dunn, Christopher. 1975. "The Effects of International
Economic
Dependence on Development and Inequality:  A Cross -National Study."

15.     Gereffi, Gary. 1994. "Rethinking Development Theory: Insights
from East
Asia and Latin America."

PART IV: ATTEMPTS TO UNDERSTAND GLOBALIZATION AND ITS SOCIAL EFFECTS

16.     Fröbel, Jürgen Heinrichs and Otto Kreye. 1980. Introduction to
The new
international division of labour in the World Economy.

17.     McMichael, Philip. 1996. "Globalization: Myths and Realities."

18.  Harvey, David. 1992. "Capitalism: The Factory of Fragmentation"

19.  Rodrik, Dani. 1997. "Introduction." To Has Globalization Gone too
Far?

20.     Kathryn B. Ward and Jean Larson Pyle. 1995.  "Gender,
Industrialization, Transnational Corporations: and Development: An
Overview
of Trends and Patterns."

21.     Sutcliff, Bob. 1995.  "Development after Ecology."

22.     Sklair, Leslie. 1995. "Social Movements and Global Capitalism."

23.     Portes, Alejandro. 1997. "Neoliberalism and the Sociology of
Development: Emerging Trends and Unanticipated Facts."

About the Editors

Index

Preface/Acknowledgements



The editors

J. Timmons Roberts is Associate Professor in Sociology and Latin
American
Studies at Tulane University. His research examines the social and
environmental impacts of globalization. He has published articles and
essays
in Social Problems, Economic Development and Cultural Change, The
Geographical Review, World Development, Current Sociology, and the
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures.

Amy Hite is a doctoral candidate and Visiting Instructor at the Center
for
Latin American Studies at Tulane University. Her research focuses on
urban
growth, decentralization, and economic restructuring, and their effects
on
residents of Latin American cities.

The editors can be contacted at:
timmons@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu

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