| Description |
1 online resource (461 pages) |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Plates; Figures; Tables; Boxes; Concept boxes; Acknowledgements; Acronyms; 1 Introduction; PART ONE Representing the South; 2 Representing the South; PART TWO The South in a global world; 3 The South in a changing world order; 4 The South in a globalizing economy; 5 Social and cultural change in the South; PART THREE Living in the South; 6 Political lives; 7 Making a living; 8 Ways of living; PART FOUR Making a difference; 9 Governing development; 10 Market-led development; 11 Grassroots development; 12 Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Rather than presenting the global South to students as a set of problems (rapid urbanisation, population growth, poverty etc), this textbook focuses on the diversity of life in the South, and looks at the role it plays in shaping and responding to current global change. The text integrates 'traditional' concerns of development geographers (such as economic development and social inequality) with aspects of the global South usually given less attention (such as cultural identity and political conflict). Divided into four main sections: Representing the global South argues that images of the so |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Meth, Paula.
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Willis, Katie, 1968-
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| ISBN |
0203086244 (electronic bk.) |
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1134178700 (electronic bk.) |
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1134178719 (electronic bk.) |
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1134178727 (electronic bk.) |
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1134178743 (electronic bk.) |
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1134178751 (electronic bk.) |
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1136162593 (electronic bk.) |
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1306529980 (MyiLibrary) |
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9780203086247 (electronic bk.) |
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9781134178704 (electronic bk.) |
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9781134178711 (electronic bk.) |
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9781134178728 (electronic bk.) |
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9781134178742 (electronic bk.) |
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9781134178759 (electronic bk.) |
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9781136162596 (electronic bk.) |
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9781306529983 (MyiLibrary) |
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