Staging growth
Subtitle: modernization, development, and the global Cold War
By: edited by David C. Engerman ... [et al.].
Contributors: Engerman, David C., 1966-
Series: Culture, politics, and the cold war
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Amherst
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
Subjects: Globalization.; World politics.; Democracy.; Political culture.; Cultural policy.; Social change -- Cross-cultural studies.; Developing countries -- Economic conditions.
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Description: Situating modernization theory historically, Staging Growth avoids conventional chronologies and categories of analysis, particularly the traditional focus on conflicts between major powers. The contributors employ a variety of approaches-from economic and intellectual history to cultural criticism and biography-to shed fresh light on the global forces that shaped the Cold War and its legacies. Most of the pieces are comparative, exploring how different countries and cultures have grappled with the implications of modern development. At the same time, all of the essays address similar fundamental questions. Is modernization the same thing as Westernization? Is the idea of modernization universally valid? Do countries follow similar trajectories as they undertake development? Does modernization bring about globalization? - Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.