Overview
- Discusses the geopolitics of development from the point of view of the Global South
- Provides a multidimensional view of development including environmental and cultural factors
- Critiques traditional development paradigms
- Emphasizes alternative discourses and policy models
Part of the book series: Sustainable Development Goals Series (SDGS)
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About this book
This book discusses the geopolitics of development from the point of view of the Global South. Written by scholars and development experts from Africa, Asia, and Latin America, this volume presents reflections on various historical, current, and future trajectories of development in the contemporary Global South.
The book is divided into five parts. Part I focuses on the relationship of development in the Global South to globalization, discussing the diversity of situations across countries in structural terms. Part II critiques and analyzes the concept and paradigms of development, emphasizing alternative discourses and policy models. Part III focuses on the analysis of the relationship between environment and development, showing how environmental conditions have become a key factor in the renewal of development thinking. Part IV examines different cultural strategies and conceptions constituting the basis of development thinking and policy in different fields. Part V addresses the construction of knowledge pertaining to the Global South, revisiting the theoretical trajectory of development models and advocating for the construction of new ideas around the region.Providing a multidimensional look at development in the Global South, this volume will benefit academics, development experts, and postgraduate students interested in having a global vision of the ideas of development in different territorial and cultural fields.
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Globalization, Dependencies and New Geopolitical Scenarios for Thinking About Development
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Critique and Renewal of Development Thinking
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The Ecological Transition as Key Factors for Change and Renewal of Development Models
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The Role of Culture in New Pathway Construction and Sense of Development
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Rahma Bourqia is director of the National Evaluation Authority in the Higher Council of Education Training and Research (Morocco). She has a PhD in sociology from University of Manchester (UK), and has conducted extensive research on a variety of issues specifically in the areas of political sociology, social and cultural anthropology of the Middle East; gender studies, youth, and sociology of education.
Marcelo Sili is director of the Center for Action and Territorial Development Studies at National University of the South, Bahia Blanca, Argentina. He has a PhD in rural development from the University of Toulouse-Le Mirail (France).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: New Paths of Development
Book Subtitle: Perspectives from the Global South
Editors: Rahma Bourqia, Marcelo Sili
Series Title: Sustainable Development Goals Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56096-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56095-9Published: 21 November 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56098-0Published: 21 November 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-56096-6Published: 20 November 2020
Series ISSN: 2523-3084
Series E-ISSN: 2523-3092
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 228
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Development Studies, Globalization, Development Economics