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Record Nr.

UNISA996211920603316

Titolo

Globalisation and the Third World / / edited by Ray Kiely and Phil Marfleet

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

1-134-76947-4

1-134-76948-2

0-415-14076-5

1-280-05680-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KielyRay <1964->

MarfleetPhil <1962->

Disciplina

303.482091724

337/.09172/4

338.91091724

Soggetti

Economic development

Developing countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors; Introduction: globalisation, (post-)modernity and the Third World; The crisis of global development; Transnational companies, global capital and the Third World; Migration and the refugee experience; Global aspects of health and health policy in Third World countries; The Biodiversity Convention and global sustainable development; Globalisation, ethnic identity and popular culture in Latin America; Globalisation and cultural imperialism: a case study of the music industry; Globalisation and religious activism; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the changing position of the Developing World within the world system. It focuses on particular issues which cut across communities, nations, regions and, in consequence, the world.  These include     migration, health and disease, the media, transnational corporations, religion, and political and economic institutions. The contributors draw on a wealth of illustrations and global examples to examine topics such as HIV/AIDS transmission, the



mediatized Gulf War, consumption patterns, the Third World in the First, Orientalism and Islam, environmental and urban movements, libe