FROM MODERNIZATION TO GLOBALIZATION Perspectives on Development and Social Change Edited by J. TIMMONS ROBERTS AND AMY HITE
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From Modernization to Globalization Perspectives on Development and Social Change \ ' Edited by J. Timmons Roberts and Amy Hite Ii] BLACl<WELL Publishers
Contents About the Editors Preface and Acknowledgments Acknowledgments to Sources Editors' Introduction Vil Vlll x 1 Part I Part II Formative Ideas on the Transition to Modern Society 1 Manifesto of the Communist Party (1848) and Alienated Labor(1844) Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels 27 2 The Division of Labor in Society (1893) Emile Durkheim 37 3 The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1905); The Characteristics of Bureaucracy (1920); and Science as a Vocation (1919) Max Weber 67 How Does Development Change People? Modernization Theories and the Intellectual Roots of the Development Project 81 4 Evolutionary Universals in Society (1964) Talcott Parsons 83 5 The Stages of Economic Growth: A Non-Communist Manifesto (1960) W: W: Rostow 100 6 A Study of Slum Culture: Backgrounds for La Vida (1968) Oscar Lewis 110 7 The Passing of Traditional Society (1958) Daniel Lerner 119 8 Making Men Modern: On the Causes and Consequences of Individual Change in Six Developing Countries (1969) Alex Inkeles 134 9 The Change to Change: Modernization, Development, and Politics (1971) and Political Order in Changing Societies (1968) Samuel Huntington 144 25 Part Ill Blaming the Victims? Dependency and World-Systems Theories Respond 10 The Development of Underdevelopment (1969) Andre Gunder Frank 157 159
vi CONTENTS 11 Dependency and Development in Latin America (1972) Fernando Henrique Cardoso 169 12 The Dynamics of Rural Poverty in Latin America (1977) Alain de Janvry and Carlos Garram6n 179 13 The Rise and Future Demise of the World Capitalist System: Concepts for Comparative Analysis (1979) Immanuel Wallerstein 190 14 The Effects of International Economic Dependence on Development and Inequality: A Cross-National Study (1975) Christopher Chase-Dunn 210 15 Rethinking Development Theory: Insights from East Asia and Latin America (1994) Gary Gereffi 229 Part IV Attempts to Understand Globalization and its Social Effects 255 16 The New International Division of Labor in the World Economy (1980) Folker Prabel, Jurgen Heinrichs, and Otto Kreye 257 17 Globalization: Myths and Realities (1996) Philip McMichael 274 18 Capitalism: The Factory of Fragmentation (1992) David Harvey 292 19 Has Globalization Gone Too Far? (1997) Dani Rodrik 298 20 Gender, Industrialization, Transnational Corporations and Development: An Overview of Trends and Patterns (1995) Kathryn B. Ward and Jean Larson Pyle 306 21 Development after Ecology (1995) Bob Sutcliffe 328 22 Social Movements and Global Capitalism (1995) Leslie Sklair 340 23 Neoliberalism and the Sociology of Development: Emerging Trends and Unanticipated Facts (1997) Alejandro Portes 353 First-Hand Resources on Development: Web Sites of Development Agencies and Groups 373 Further Reading 375 Index 378
"Thrs comprehensive book contains a nch range of 'dass1c' arttdes helping to explain why certain countnes and peoples are poor, currently and historically The essays explore the shift in conceptuahzat1on from modem1zat10n 10 development and most recently to globalizatjon. and the sooal effects of world processes. Combined, they provide superb background to the subject matter Susan Eckstein, Boston University (Past-President Latin Amertcan Studies Assoaat1on) At last I have found a textbook I can wholeheartedly recommend to my students. It will retain its value for many years to come as the readings are either classics or are likely to become so. This comprehensive and balanced book 1s further proof of the revival of development theory and Its relevance for understanding the world 1n the new mnlenmum7 Cristobal Kay lnstitute of Soool Studies, The Hague 'tiny are some countnes poor? Wiat can they do to tum their situations around? 'Nhat happens to countnes and 1ndMduals when they "modernize"? What does it mean to "develop and be "modem"? Whal are the social effects of globalization? From Modernization to Globa/izat1on 1s a reference for scholars, students, and development practilloners on the issues of social change and development in the "Third World" It provides carefully excerpted samples from both dass1c and contemporary wntings in the development literature, short, 1ns1ghtful introductions to each section, and a general introduc:llon. Alranged into four main parts, the book begins by selecting readings from dassical theorists 1n order to review formative ideas on the transition to modem sooety. It then moves on to address, at length, the modem1zat1onists' discussion of how development changes people and the response from dependency and world-system theonsts. A final section assembles eight of the most 1nfluent1al wntmgs on the sooal effects of globahzauon. Together, this represents an unprecedented compilation of an 1mpress1ve range of writings on intematjonal development The Editors J. Timmons Roberts 1s Assoaate Professor 1n Soaology and Latin American Studies at Tulane University. His research exam nes the social and enwornnental impacts of globalizauon. He has published articles and essays 1n Soda/ Problems, Economic Development and Cultural Change, The Geographical Revrew, World Development, Current Soaology. and the Encycloped1a of Contemporary Latin American and Canbbean Cultures. Amy Hite is a doctoral candidate and V1s1t1ng Instructor at the Center for Latin Amencan Studies at Tulane University. Her research focuses on urban growth, decentralization, and economic restructuring. and their effects on residents of Latin American ot1es. ISBN 0-631- 21097-0 l]blacl<well Publishers