Der vorliegende Band - angelegt als interkulturelle wirtschaftspädagogische Grundlagenarbeit - behandelt zentral die Problematik des Transfers ökonomischer Theorie und Praxis aus Industrieländern in Entwicklungsländer. Dabei fließen praktische Erfahrungen des Autors aus...

In the early 1970s, when I first carried out empirical research in theCaribbean, I spent almost a year and a half in a small Caribbeanvillage. It had around 500 inhabitants, 50 per cent of whom wereunder the age of 15, and its history had been dominated by therise and fall of the cocoa industry...

The ultimate beginnings of this book lie in the interest that we the editors have expressed in the role that socioeconomic structures have played in determining the varying language choices speakers make in situations of language contact and multilingualism. Contrary to the received doctrine in...

This book examines the impact of multinational enterprises (MNEs) on local economies, and presents selected case studies of MNEs operating in low income countries. By balancing external social and environmental costs against its corresponding benefits, the book demonstrates that MNEs can have a...

A personal note -- The meaning of development -- Meaning of sustainable development -- Culture and society -- Development of human societies -- Economy and society -- Economy and globalization -- Perspectives on development -- Cultural theory of development -- Obstacles to development --...

What is justice? / John Arthur and William H. Shaw -- What is political economy? / Martin Staniland -- What is poverty? / The Independent Commission on International Development Issues (The Brandt Commission) -- What is relative poverty? / Paul Harrison -- What is the economics that really...

New directions in commodity chain analysis of global development processes / Jane L. Collins -- Trans-local and trans-regional socio-economic structures in global development : a "horizontal' perspective / Sandra Halperin -- Changing rural scenarios and research agendas in Latin America in the...