Gregory Hooks 
The Sociology of Development Handbook [EPUB ebook] 

The Sociology of Development Handbook gathers essays that reflect the range of debates in development sociology and in the interdisciplinary study and practice of development. The essays address the pressing intellectual challenges of today, including internal and international migration, transformation of political regimes, globalization, changes in household and family formations, gender dynamics, technological change, population and economic growth, environmental sustainability, peace and war, and the production and reproduction of social and economic inequality. 

Tabella dei contenuti

List of Tables and Figures


Introduction: A Manifesto for the Sociology of Development – Samuel Cohn and Gregory Hooks


I. EXPLAINING DEVELOPMENT: SOCIOLOGICAL INSIGHTS


1. Engendering Development: The Evolution of a Field of Research – Valentine M. Moghadam

2. Population and Development – Laszlo J. Kulcsar

3. Strengthening the Ties between Environmental Sociology and Sociology of Development – Jennifer E. Givens, Brett Clark, and Andrew K. Jorgenson

4. The Sources of Socioeconomic Development – Adam Szirmai


II. HUMAN CAPABILITIES: INSTITUTIONS AND DEVELOPMENT


5. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Global North and Global South – Jeffrey T. Jackson, Kirsten Dellinger, Kathryn Mc Kee, and Annette Trefzer

6. Magic Potion/Poison Potion: The Impact of Women’s Economic Empowerment versus Disempowerment for Development in a Globalized World – Rae Lesser Blumberg

7. Land Use and the Great Acceleration in Human Activities: Political and Economic Dynamics – Thomas K. Rudel

8. Age Structure and Development: Beyond Malthus – David L. Brown and Parfait Eloundou-Enyegue

9. Development, Demographic Processes, and Public Health – Joshua Stroud, Philip Anglewicz, and Mark Van Landingham

10. Education and Development – David B. Bills


III. DEVELOPMENT DYNAMICS: SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL ACCOUNTS


11. The Sociology of Subnational Development: Conceptual and Empirical Foundations – Linda Lobao 12. Sociological Perspectives on Uneven Development: The Making of Regions – Ann R. Tickamyer and Anouk Patel-Campillo

13. Migration and Development: Virtuous and Vicious Cycles – Sara R. Curran

14. Tertiary Education and Development: Strategies of Global South Countries to Meet Growing Tertiary Demand – Mary M. Kritz

15. Migrant Networks, Immigrant and Ethnic Economies, and Destination Development – Kim Korinek and Peter Loebach


IV. BUILDING STATES AND FAILING STATES: DEVELOPMENT TRIUMPHS AND DISASTERS


16. The State and Development – Samuel Cohn

17. Women, Democracy, and the State – Kathleen M. Fallon and Jocelyn Viterna

18. War and Development: Questions, Answers, and Prospects for the Twenty-first Century – Gregory Hooks

19. Neoliberalism, the Origins of the Global Crisis, and the Future of States – Richard Lachmann

20. Crisis and the Rise of China – Ho-fung Hung

21. Conflict and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa – Zoe Marriage

22. Social Movements and Economic Development – Paul Almeida


V. GLOBAL COMPLEXITIES AND LOCAL CONTEXTS: NEW PARADIGMS FOR EXPLAINING DEVELOPMENT


23. Globalization and Development – Nina Bandelj and Elizabeth Sowers

24. Transitions to Capitalisms: Past and Present – Rebecca Jean Emigh

25. Quantitative Growth and Economic Development through History – Rosemary L. Hopcroft

26. The Great Divergence: Why Did Industrial Capitalism Emerge in Europe, Not China? – Dingxin Zhao

27. Global Commodity Chains and Development – Jennifer Bair and Matthew Mahutga


List of Contributors

Index

Circa l’autore

Gregory Hooks is Professor and Chair in the Department of Sociology at Mc Master University.