TY - BOOK AU - Hoogvelt,Ankie M.M. TI - Globalization and the postcolonial world: the new political economy of development SN - 0801856442 (hc : alk. paper) AV - HF 1413 H779g 1997 U1 - 337 21 PY - 1997/// CY - Baltimore, Md. PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - International economic relations KW - Capitalism KW - Developing countries KW - Competition, International KW - Relaciones económicas internacionales KW - Capitalismo KW - Países en desarrollo KW - Competencia internacional KW - Foreign economic relations KW - Relaciones económicas exteriores KW - Dependency on foreign countries N1 - PART I: HISTORICAL STRUCTURES.- Introduction to Part I.- The History of Capitalist Expansion.- Neo-colonialism, Modernisation and Dependency.- Crisis and Restructuring: The New International Division of Labour.- PART II: GLOBALIZATION.- Introduction to Part II.- From Expansion to Involution.- Flexibility and Informationalism.- Globalization.- Global Governance: Regulation and Imperialism.- PART III: THE POSTCOLONIAL WORLD.- Introduction to Part III.- Africa: Exclusion and the Containment of Anarchy.- Islamic Revolt.- The Developmental States of East Asia.- Democracy, Civil Society and Postdevelopment in Latin America.- Conclusion N2 - The author of this text explores the ways in which globalization is affecting the countries of the developing world. A special emphasis is placed on emerging global forms of production, exchange and governance, as it is argued that the "social logic" of globalization drives its "economics". UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/jhu051/96049958.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/jhu052/96049958.html ER -