Developing Areas: A Book of Readings and Research
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pillai, Vijayan K. / Shannon, Lyle W. / McKim, Judith L., PUBLISHER: Berg Publishers, With subjects ranging from the global challenge ong>ofong> the AIDS epidemic to the role ong>ofong> family planning in developing nations, ong>andong> the link between Central America's forests ong>andong> North America's hamburgers, this interdisciplinary introduction by some ong>ofong> the world's foremost experts in development studies will be an essential text for courses in this area. It provides an exhaustive overview ong>ofong> the social, political, economic ong>andong> population problems ong>ofong> countries in what is usually referred to as the Third World ong>andong>, more recently, the Fourth World. Although colonialism is considered as a contributing factor to underdevelopment, emphasis in this volume is placed on the interrelation ong>ofong> major social institutions, their impact on economic ong>andong> social development, ong>andong> the effect ong>ofong> rapidly expong>andong>ing industrialization on the ecosystem.