Development and Social Change by Philip Mcmichael

Development and Social Change by Philip Mcmichael

Explores development through historical narrative and examines the globalization/development paradox through in-depth case studies. In his Fifth Edition of Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective, author Philip McMichael examines the project of globalization and its instabilities (climate, energy, food, financial crises) through the lens of development and its origins in the colonial project. The book continues to help students make sense of a complex world in transition and explains how globalization became part of public discourse. Filled with case studies, this text makes the intricacies of globalization concrete, meaningful, and clear for students and moves them away from simple social evolutionary views, encouraging them to connect social change, development policies, global inequalities and social movements. The book challenges students to see themselves as global citizens whose consumption decisions have real social and ecological implications. Key Features: • a world-historical perspective that situates globalization in the declining fortunes of the postwar development project, and considers current global limits and possibilities • a political perspective that views development and globalization as discursive practices managed by historic elite groupings, as mechanisms of power and world ordering • an ecological perspective drawing attention to the environmental consequences of development and attempts to reintegrate social life in ecological cycles • an emphasis on resistance and social movements as actors shaping the meaning and direction of these projects, in addition to building alternatives • a series of case studies that allow in-depth examination of development/globalization dilemmas and paradoxes to interrupt the idea of a linear process. New to the Fifth Edition: • developmental impacts of the rise of the BRICS • structural adjustment and new inequalities come to the global North • ′de-growth′ philosophies • the re-centering of agriculture in light of the food, energy and climate crises • land-grabbing and biofuels • green technologies and climate proofing • transition towns and re-localization • new democratic movements.

“I′m highly impressed with the author′s breadth of knowledgeAnd my students love this book.” -- Julie Guthman
"I like this book a great deal. It is well-organized and the author writes in a style that works well for students that are not sociology majors and perhaps are starting their undergraduate careers." -- Syndee Knight

Philip McMichael grew up in Adelaide, South Australia, completing undergraduate degrees in economics and in political science at the University of Adelaide. After traveling in India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan and community work in Papua New Guinea, he pursued his doctorate in sociology at the State University of New York at Binghamton. He has taught at the University of New England (New South Wales), Swarthmore College, and the University of Georgia, and he is presently International Professor of Global Development at Cornell University. Other appointments include Visiting Senior Research Scholar in International Development at the University of Oxford (Wolfson College) and Visiting Scholar, School of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Queensland. Trained as a historical sociologist, his research examines capitalist modernity through the lens of agrarian questions, food regimes, agrarian and food sovereignty movements, and most recently the implications for food systems of agrofuels and land grabbing. In his work, he has studied and consulted with the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development,, the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty, the international peasant coalition, La Vía Campesina, and FoodFirst Information and Action Network (FIAN). He teaches courses on Political Sociology of Development; World-Historical Methods; Food, Ecology, and Agrarian Change; and International Development.

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ISBN 13	9781412992077
ISBN 10	1412992079
Title	Development and Social Change
Author	Philip Mcmichael
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Sage Publications, Inc
Year published	2012-01-19
Number of pages	408
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