Globalization and Development Studies : Challenges for the 21 Century

Contents: Preface. Globalization and development studies: introducing the challenges/Frans J. Schuurman. I. The challenges and their limits : 1. Introduction to part I/Frans J. Schuurman. 2. Globalization after modernization: a new paradigm for development studies/Martin Albrow. 3. Globalization: a challenge to the social sciences/Arie de Ruijter. 4. Vicious and benign universalism/John Tomlinson. 5. The nation-state, emancipatory spaces and development studies in the global era/Frans J. Schuurman. II. Globalization and central issues in development studies : 1. Introduction to the contributions in part II/Detlev Haude and Frans Schuurman. 2. Globalization and human rights: some developmental reflections/Reinhart Kossler. 3. Multinationals and development: revisiting the debate/Kristoffel Lieten. 4. Globalization, sustainable development, and environment: a balancing act/M.A. Mohamed Salih. 5. Feminist sightings of global restructuring: conceptualizations and reconceptualizations/Marianne H. Marchand and Anne Sisson Runyan. 6. Globalization and gender: beyond dichotomies/Tine Davids and Francien van Driel. 7. Cities and the globalization of urban development policy/Ton van Naerssen. Index.

"This text provides a comprehensive introduction to the concept of globalization and its challenge to the contemporary study of development.

Part 1 introduces the theoretical issues and debates surrounding globalization, illustrates the often contested nature of the concept, and considers the implications for the future of development studies.

Part 2 reviews more specific theory and policy implications by assessing the impact of globalization on a number of key areas of study in development studies. These include the environment, gender, human rights, multinationals, and urban development.

A key underlying theme is whether a seeming transition from development studies to global studies is offering anything new and fruitful for our understanding and study of development.

Globalization and Development Studies is essential reading for all students and academics of development and globalization across development studies, politics and international relations, geography, and sociology."