Globalization, Development and Human Security

by McGrew, Anthony; Poku, Nana K.

• ISBN13: 9780745630861
• ISBN10: 0745630863
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-02-12
• Publisher: Polity Pr

Summary

World poverty and development are more salient than ever on the global political agenda. The campaigns of the global justice movement, the growing securitization of development in the aftermath of 9-11, the intensification of global inequality, and the perceived threats of global pandemics, migrations and failed states have contributed to a sense of renewed urgency.The contributors to this volume, including Bjorn Hettne, Fantu Cheru, Jeffrey Haynes and Bonny Ibhawah, share a common intellectual aspiration to re-unite the study of development with the study of international relations or global politics as it is more broadly conceived today. Although globalization has transformed the context of development, it has yet to significantly transform for the better the prospects for real development or human security amongst the worlds most vulnerable communities.Whether globalization, development and human security are inescapably trapped within a vicious circle or a virtuous cycle is the central concern of this book.

Author Biography

Anthony McGrew, Professor of International Relations, University of Southampton


Nana Poku, Director of Research, Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors	p. vi
Preface	p. viii
Abbreviations and Acronyms	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Globalization and the Transformed Context of Development
Globalism, Regionalism and Interregionalism	p. 25
Foreign Aid: Reports of its Death Greatly Exaggerated	p. 47
The Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative: Old Wine in a New Bottle?	p. 66
Globalization and Democracy in the Developing World	p. 83
Globalization, Development and Human Security
Globalization and Human Security	p. 107
Health in Development	p. 132
HIV/AIDS in a Globalized World: An Uneven Pandemic in an Unequal World	p. 152
Transformations and Constrictions: Globalization and Human Rights in the Third World	p. 171
The Political Economy of Globalization and Grass-Roots Movements	p. 190
Gender, Power and Governance in a Globalizing World	p. 207
Index	p. 220
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