1. Bretton Woods and the foundations of modern global governance -- 2. The United Nations and the emergence of the 'third world' -- 3. The 'third world' challenge -- 4. The neoliberal turn -- 5. The proclaimed new world order -- 6. Towards global crisis.

There is now emerging across the world a group of scholars whose work crosses the conventional disciplinary boundaries in the social sciences. Their model combines the breadth of vision of the classical political economy with analytical advances of modern social science. This innovative two...

The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: A Comparative Study. By Deepak Lal and H. Myint. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996. Pp. xviii + 458. £45. ISBN 0 19 828863 8 Liberation Ecologies: Environment, Development, Social Movements. Edited by Richard Peet and Michael Watts. London and...

Japanese Colonialism in Taiwan: Land Tenure, Development, and Dependency, 1895-1945. By Chih-ming Ka. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1995. Pp.xxi + 226. $54.95. ISBN 0 8133 8922 4 Cuba in the International System: Normalization and Integration. Edited by Archibald R.M. Ritter and John M. Kirk....

New ways are needed of framing the international politics of development in the context of global restructuring. The old thinking that employed such terms as ‘Third World’, ‘developing countries’, ‘core and periphery’, even ‘North’ and...

Climate change is rapidly becoming the defining feature of the Caribbean developmental landscape. Yet theoretical and practical responses to the issue have been somewhat limited, particularly in terms of the socio-economic and political dimensions. This article begins by tracing the dramatic...