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Intro
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Contents
1: A Kaleidoscope of Ideas for Rethinking Development in the Global South
The Neoclassical Approach
The Keynesian Approaches and Policies of Intervention
Marxist Approaches Applied to Development Theory
The Paradigms of Endogenous Development and Human Development
The Outcome of Different Policies and Approaches to Development
The Structure of the World Today
The Changing Global Context Requires Redefining the Concept of the Global South
Towards the Construction of a New Development Paradigm in the Global South
The Aim of This Book
Part I: Globalization, Dependencies and New Geopolitical Scenario for Thinking About Development
Part II: Critique and Renewal of Development Thinking
Part III: The Ecological Transition as Key Factors for Change and Renewal of Development Models
Part IV: The Role of Culture in Constructing New Development Pathways
Part V: Knowledge and Ideas to Build a New Sense for Development Strategies in the Global South
References
Part I: Globalization, Dependencies and New Geopolitical Scenarios for Thinking About Development
2: African Perspectives on Development in the Context of a Changing International System
The Historical Process of African Development
The Post-colonial Phase
The Impact of African Decolonisation, 1957-1975
The Impact of the International Economic System, 1974-1985
The Impact of the Cold War Conflict, 1974-1990
The Post-Cold War Phase, 1990-2016
The Current International System: Threats and Opportunities
China as a Global Economic Power
Potential Future Scenarios to Consider
The Growing Threat to Multilateralism and Globalisation
Potential Future Scenarios to Consider
Russia's New International Role
Potential Future Scenarios to Consider
Conclusion
References
3: African Economic Autonomy and International Development Cooperation
African Economic Autonomy in Strategy
African Economic Autonomy in Action
International Aid System
Emerging Countries' Development Assistance: Case of China
Conflicts Between China and the West in Africa
Foreign Aid or Development Cooperation?
References
4: Deindustrialization, Natural Resources, and New Developmentism: The Case of Brazil
Deindustrialization as a Phenomenon
Premature Deindustrialization as a Problem
Abundance and Curse of Natural Resources
Brazil: From Growth to Stagnation
New Developmentism as a Development Strategy
New Developmentism: Some Criticisms
Final Considerations
References
5: What Can Be the Position of Africa in the Contemporary Globalisation? A Few Thoughts in the Matter ...
The Neoliberal Discourse of the Happy Globalisation
The Chinese Counter-Example
What Can be the Space of Africa Within Such Contradictory forms of Globalisation?
References
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Contents
1: A Kaleidoscope of Ideas for Rethinking Development in the Global South
The Neoclassical Approach
The Keynesian Approaches and Policies of Intervention
Marxist Approaches Applied to Development Theory
The Paradigms of Endogenous Development and Human Development
The Outcome of Different Policies and Approaches to Development
The Structure of the World Today
The Changing Global Context Requires Redefining the Concept of the Global South
Towards the Construction of a New Development Paradigm in the Global South
The Aim of This Book
Part I: Globalization, Dependencies and New Geopolitical Scenario for Thinking About Development
Part II: Critique and Renewal of Development Thinking
Part III: The Ecological Transition as Key Factors for Change and Renewal of Development Models
Part IV: The Role of Culture in Constructing New Development Pathways
Part V: Knowledge and Ideas to Build a New Sense for Development Strategies in the Global South
References
Part I: Globalization, Dependencies and New Geopolitical Scenarios for Thinking About Development
2: African Perspectives on Development in the Context of a Changing International System
The Historical Process of African Development
The Post-colonial Phase
The Impact of African Decolonisation, 1957-1975
The Impact of the International Economic System, 1974-1985
The Impact of the Cold War Conflict, 1974-1990
The Post-Cold War Phase, 1990-2016
The Current International System: Threats and Opportunities
China as a Global Economic Power
Potential Future Scenarios to Consider
The Growing Threat to Multilateralism and Globalisation
Potential Future Scenarios to Consider
Russia's New International Role
Potential Future Scenarios to Consider
Conclusion
References
3: African Economic Autonomy and International Development Cooperation
African Economic Autonomy in Strategy
African Economic Autonomy in Action
International Aid System
Emerging Countries' Development Assistance: Case of China
Conflicts Between China and the West in Africa
Foreign Aid or Development Cooperation?
References
4: Deindustrialization, Natural Resources, and New Developmentism: The Case of Brazil
Deindustrialization as a Phenomenon
Premature Deindustrialization as a Problem
Abundance and Curse of Natural Resources
Brazil: From Growth to Stagnation
New Developmentism as a Development Strategy
New Developmentism: Some Criticisms
Final Considerations
References
5: What Can Be the Position of Africa in the Contemporary Globalisation? A Few Thoughts in the Matter ...
The Neoliberal Discourse of the Happy Globalisation
The Chinese Counter-Example
What Can be the Space of Africa Within Such Contradictory forms of Globalisation?
References