Promises not kept
Subtitle: poverty and the betrayal of Third World development
By: John Isbister.
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: Kumarian Press; Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Bloomfield, CT; Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
Subjects: Social change.; Economic development.; Nationalism -- Developing countries.; Imperialism.
Description: "In the sixth edition of Promises Not Kept John Isbister updates his study of the dilemmas of international poverty and the Third World by bringing in a discussion of the effects of the war on terrorism and the 'new American hegemony, ' and surveys the prospects for justice in a world of globalization. Isbister's comprehensively updated facts and figures, clear and forceful exposition of current concerns, and broad survey of the history of the linkages of the developed and developing worlds, will make this a popular update to a widely-used introductory text."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-248) and index.