At the crossroads of development
Subtitle: transnational challenges to developed and developing societies
By: edited by Joseph E. Behar and Alfred G. Cuzán.
Contributors: Behar, Joseph E.; Cuzán, Alfred G.
Series: International studies in sociology and social anthropology ;; v. 65
Publisher: E.J. Brill
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Leiden; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
Subjects: Developing countries -- Social conditions; Developing countries -- Economic conditions
Other titles: Cross roads of development; Transnational challenges to developed and developing societies; Developed and developing societies
Description: The 10 articles assembled in this volume examine old problems and new opportunities in development that are associated with trade, communication, population distribution and migration, culture and institutions. They explore possibilities for and obstacles to technological and institutional transfers between developed and developing societies at a time when capitalism and democracy appear triumphant.

Points of convergence, parallel processes and equivalences in social problems and potential solutions across levels of development are noted. They point out that the hierarchy of the world economic system and indigenous cultures militate against the homogenization of the globe along Western lines.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.