"Shaping the developing world. The West, the South, and the Natural World" (Printed book for Students)

Shaping the developing world

The West, the South, and the Natural World.

Author: Andy Baker

Book details:

Author: Andy Baker

Pages: 391 pages

Publisher: CQ Press 30-10-2013

Language: English

ISBN: 9781462513383

I. About the Author.

Andy Baker is an associate professor and former associate chair in the political science department at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He conducts research on Latin American politics, mass political behavior, and international political economy. His articles have appeared in a number of journals, including the American Journal of Political Science, the Latin Research Review, and World Politics. His first book, The Market and the Masses in Latin America, published by Cambridge University Press in 2009, is about the nature and causes of citizens’ attitudes toward free-market policies in eighteen Latin American nations. He lives with his wife and daughter in Boulder, Colorado.

II. Book summary

Shaping the developing world explores the different theories that attempt to answer the question: why are some countries rich and others poor?

The consequences of colonialism, inadequate domestic institutions, gender inequality, and the effects of globalization, geography, and environment degradation are just some of the factors at play answering this complex question. Through a threefold framework on the West, the South, and the Natural World, Andy Baker provides a logical and intuitive structure for categorizing and assessing the factors that cause underdevelopment.

“Shaping the Developing World presents old material in new and relevant ways- ways that will encourage students to think beyond their own experiences and what they see on the news. It encourages them to critically think about the factors impacting development and allows them to use their own analytical reasoning to come to a conclusion”

=====Jessica Peet, University of Southern California=====

III. Brief Contents

Part I: Introduction

1. Underdevelopment and Diversity in the Global South
2. Human Development and Underdevelopment
3. The Benefits and Costs of Economic Development

Part II: The West: International Contexts

1. Slavery and Colonialism
2. Globalization and Neocolonialism
3. Foreign Aid and the Bretton Woods Institutions

Part III: The South: Domestic factors

1. Culture and Identity
2. States, Markets, and Developments Models
3. Economic Institutions and Informality
4. Political Institutions and Governance
5. Violence and State Failure
6. Gender Inequality

Part IV: The Natural World: Physical geography

1. Geography and Economic Prosperity
2. Environmental Change and Development

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