Interdisciplinary
in his scope, Andy Baker adeptly uses a threefold framework of the
West, the South, and the Natural World to systematically break down the
factors contributing to underdevelopment--from the legacies of
colonialism and deficient domestic institutions, to the effects of
globalization and the impact of geography and environmental
degradation. Students learn to think like social scientists while
coming to understand the interplay of influences on a nation's
political, economic, and social development.
