Bringing together essays critical in contemporary development discourse, this volume addresses the broad themes of development as freedom, equality and human ascent within the framework of democracy and decentralised governance.
The first seven essays interrogate and critique the ideas of democracy, development and its translation into the pursuit of growth that is market driven and measured exclusively in terms of GNP. They search for possible, more inclusive ...
This thought-provoking exploration of the likely future face of international politics in the age of globalization has a dual focus. In the first place, the author argues that the unipolar world of globalization offers most developing countries nothing but a race to the bottom. There may be no clear alternative to a market-driven economic strategy. The bargaining power and sense of solidarity of Third world counties have never been weaker. But their shared ...