The myth of development : non-viable economies and the crisis of civilization / Oswaldo de Rivero ; translated by Claudia Encinas and Janet Herrick Encinas
- Author
- Rivero B., Oswaldo de.
- Published
- London ; New York : Zed Books, 2010.
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (163 pages)
- Additional Creators
- Encinas, Claudia and Encinas, Janet Herrick
Access Online
- Series
- Language Note
- Translated from the Spanish.
- Contents
- 1. The Twilight of the Nation-State -- 2. Global Empowerment and National Impoverishment -- 3. International Darwinism -- 4. The Search for El Dorado -- 5. Human and Natural Depredation -- 6. The Crisis of the California Model.
- Summary
- The message of this courageous classic book is that the benefits of development, so long promised over the past sixty years, have not come about for most people. Nor are they going to. State-driven and market-led development models have both failed. Oswaldo de Rivero argues that the 'wealth of nations' agenda must be replaced by a 'survival of nations' agenda. This much-anticipated new edition features both updated statistics and fresh material, including an essential new argument that the present global crisis is not simply economic but a much more profound crisis of 'the California Model': a.
- Subject(s)
- Globalization
- Economic development
- Mondialisation
- Développement économique
- Globalism
- Development studies
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS—Urban & Regional
- Théorie du développement
- Obstacles au développement
- Pays en développement
- Population urbaine
- Répartition des richesses
- Dégradation de l'environnement
- Economic history
- Social conditions
- Wirtschaftsentwicklung
- Armut
- Developing countries—Economic conditions
- Developing countries—Social conditions
- Developing countries
- Entwicklungsländer
- ISBN
- 9781848135857 (electronic bk.)
1848135858 (electronic bk.)
184813584X (pbk.)
9781848135840 (pbk.)
9781848135833 (print)
1848135831 (print) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-155) and index.
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