Maldevelopment: Anatomy of a Global Failure (The United Nations University/Third World Forum Studies in African Political Economy)

by Samir Amin

Book Overview

With great clarity, this updated edition explains the complex changes of the late-20th and early-21st centuries, including the transformations in Eastern Europe and in the world economy, the growth of capitalism in China and--despite the West riding on the crest of new technologies--its materialist goals being increasingly questioned by new social movements including the Greens. Written by a well-known political economist, this analysis addresses...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0862329302
• ISBN13: 9780862329303
• Release Date: April 1990
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.