1st Edition

Globalization, Competitiveness and Human Security

Edited By Cristóbal Kay Copyright 1998
    252 Pages
    by Routledge

    252 Pages
    by Routledge

    This collection explores the connections between globalization, competitiveness and human security and their relevance for development studies. These issues, amongst others, are also explored in a number of case studies taken from Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

    Introduction globalisation, competitiveness and human security, Cristobal Kay; globalisation, competitiveness and human security 0 challenges for development policy and institutional change, Helen O'Neill; globalisation and regional integration, Sandro Sideri; development, security and world order - a regionalist approach, Bjorn Hettne; globalisation - the last sky, Zuhair Dibaja; equity and growth revisited - a supply-side approach to social development, Jan Nederveeen Pieterse; the decentralisation discourse - post-Fordist paradigm or neo-liberal cul-de-sac? Frans J. Schuurman; opportunities and insecurities - globalisation, localities an struggle for urban land in Manila, Erhard Berner; institutional contradictions in rural development, Lars Engberg-Pedersen; against all odds -coping with regress in Kinshasa, Zaire, Tom de Herdt, Stefaan Marysse; recuperation in the Peruvian Andes, Fiona Wilson.

    Biography

    Cristóbal Kay