Ankie Hoogvelt is a sociologist and former senior lecturer in sociology at Sheffield University.
Summary
Globalization is at the heart of debates about the present phase of development of the world economy. In Globalization
and the Postcolonial World, Ankie Hoogvelt joins these debates to examine the ways in which globalization is affecting
the countries of the developing world. Taking a new look at historical trends and theories in development studies,
Hoogvelt describes the diverse impacts of globalization in sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, East Asia, and
Latin America, identifying different postcolonial responses in each of these regions.
New to this edition are sections on the new "digital" economy; the resurgence of the United States after
decades of putative relative decline and the question of renewed U.S. dominance in the global system; and the volatility
of the global financial markets culminating in the East Asia crisis of 1997. Part II has been thoroughly reconfigured
and expanded, as have the chapters on East Asia and on Africa. Finally, the conclusions have been rethought in
the light of the mushrooming cloud of antiglobalist protests.
Table of Contents
PART I - HISTORICAL STRUCTURES Introduction to Part I
International Political Economy
The Critical Theory of Robert Cox: Historical Structure
Historical Structure and Stage Theory
1 The History of Capitalist Expansion
2 Neo-Colonialism, Modernization and Dependency
3 Crisis and Restructuring: The New International Division of Labor
PART II - GLOBALIZATION Introduction to Part II
4 From Expansion to Involution
5 Flexibility and Informationalism
6 Globalization
7 Global Governance: Regulation and Imperialism
PART III - The POSTCOLONIAL WORLD Introduction to Part III
8 Africa: Exclusion and the Containment of Anarchy
9 Islamic Revolt
10 The Developmental States of East Asia
11Democracy, Civil Society and Postdevelopment in Latin America
