Böcker av Rupert Hodder

We are living through extraordinary times - a startling civilizational shift in which the tables are being turned on the West and all it stands for. The baby boomers tracked the beginning of this great historical arc, their children are watching it accelerate, and their grandchildren may witness its completion. The rise of the Third World is rooted in social transfers, welfare, and redistribution of wealth in the name of justice. The failing heart of the West is the market. Why do many Third World countries seem to understand and accept this truth? Why does the West only give the nod to it in the form of a mixed economy but appears unable to change course? This remarkable book takes on these questions and, in doing so, unpicks how societies in the West examine themselves and others.

This book considers how small businesses stir up changes in social relationships and what these changes mean for wider society. If there is a watchword for development practice, then it is acceptance - acceptance of more social, less prescriptive, and far more experimental modes of working.

This book questions the belief that patronage explains poor governance and weak organizations. So intimately connected is it with the health of democracy and effective organizations that attempts to eradicate patronage only harm social, organizational and democratic life.

Considers varying attitudes to social relationships in the West and Asia, in the context of the Philippines, and how bound up these are with material progress, business and politics.

An introductory text placing development problems within the context of the global economy and society. Topics covered range from population and culture, to agricultural and industrial development. Case studies highlight the possible solutions at local, national and international scales.