Development and Social Change by Philip D Mcmichael
Fourth edition of this international bestseller. Adopted by sociology, politics, development and also geography departments.
"Development and Social Change is a richly described and well written survey of change in the post-1950 period..The first edition was a practical and accessible contribution to the literature on social change. The fourth edition continues in this vein." -- Gary Hytrek TEACHING SOCIOLOGY 20081219
Philip McMichael grew up in Adelaide, South Australia, and is an International Professor of Development Sociology at Cornell University. His book Settlers and The Agrarian Question: Foundations of Capitalism in Colonial Australia (Cambridge University Press, (c)1984) won the 1995 Social Science History Association's Allan Sharlin Memorial Award. He has also edited The Global Restructuring of Agro-Food Systems (Cornell University Press, A(c)1994), Food and Agrarian Orders in the World Economy (Praeger, A(c)1995), New Directions in the Sociology of Global Development (Emerald, A(c)2005), and Contesting Development: Critical Struggles for Social Change (Routledge, A(c)2010). He has served as Director of Cornell University's International Political Economy Program, as Chair of the American Sociological Association's Political Economy of the World-System Section, and President of the Research Committee on the Sociology of Agriculture and Food for the International Sociological Association. And he has recently worked with the FAO, IATP and UNRISD, the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty, and the international peasant coalition, La Via Campesina.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781412955928 |
| ISBN 10 | 1412955920 |
| Title | Development and Social Change |
| Author | Philip D Mcmichael |
| Series | Sociology For A New Century Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc |
| Year published | 2008-02-05 |
| Number of pages | 376 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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