Globalisation, competitiveness and human security

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Globalisation, competitiveness and human security

edited by Cristóbal Kay

Frank Cass in association with the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), Geneva, c1997

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"First appeared in a special issue on 'Globalisation, competitiveness and human security' of the European journal of development research, vol. 9, no. 1, June 1997"--T.p. verso

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Description

This collection explores the connections between globalization, competitiveness and human security and their relevance for development studies. These issues, amongst others, are also explored in a number of case studies taken from Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction globalisation, competitiveness and human security, Cristobal Kay
  • globalisation, competitiveness and human security 0 challenges for development policy and institutional change, Helen O'Neill
  • globalisation and regional integration, Sandro Sideri
  • development, security and world order - a regionalist approach, Bjorn Hettne
  • globalisation - the last sky, Zuhair Dibaja
  • equity and growth revisited - a supply-side approach to social development, Jan Nederveeen Pieterse
  • the decentralisation discourse - post-Fordist paradigm or neo-liberal cul-de-sac? Frans J. Schuurman
  • opportunities and insecurities - globalisation, localities an struggle for urban land in Manila, Erhard Berner
  • institutional contradictions in rural development, Lars Engberg-Pedersen
  • against all odds -coping with regress in Kinshasa, Zaire, Tom de Herdt, Stefaan Marysse
  • recuperation in the Peruvian Andes, Fiona Wilson.

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