Description
The author goes on to examine these developments after the Second World War, against the background of the Cold War and the end of European colonialism, the reaffirmed of the existence of nation-state system by new global institutions, global military order and capitalist world economy. The First, Second and Third Worlds are placed in their social, political and economic contexts and traced through to the post-Bretton Woods period of oil crises, global recession and new international division of labour.
About the Author
Tony Spybey has previously worked at the University of Twente in the Netherlands, and was a Visiting Professor at the Copenhagen School of Economics, and at the University of Uppsala in Sweden.
Reviews
'This is a brave attempt at a new kind of textbook on the sociology of development.' Political Studies
Book Information
ISBN 9780745607306
Author Tony Spybey
Format Paperback
Page Count 220
Imprint Polity Press
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 397g
Dimensions(mm) 227mm * 154mm * 21mm