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City, Class and Trade: Social and Economic Change in the Third World
Nigel Harris
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Description for City, Class and Trade: Social and Economic Change in the Third World
Hardcover. These essays are concerned with the practical and theoretical issues that the emergence of a globally-oriented economic system, subordinating a greater array of activities to market criteria, has raised in developing countries. They focus on urbanization and the condition of the proletariat. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; JFSG; KCL; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 494.
The emergence of a single world economy in the late 20th century has shifted economic management from the state to a global system that subordinates an increasing array of activities to market criteria with profound implications for the less developed countries. These essays, published in association with the Development Planning Unit, University College, London, are concerned with the practical and theoretical issues involved in this change. They cover a range of subjects including future patterns of urbanization; problems of urban planning; the emergence of new bourgeoisies in Asian and Latin American countries; the new international labour proletariat of labour migrants; ... Read more
The emergence of a single world economy in the late 20th century has shifted economic management from the state to a global system that subordinates an increasing array of activities to market criteria with profound implications for the less developed countries. These essays, published in association with the Development Planning Unit, University College, London, are concerned with the practical and theoretical issues involved in this change. They cover a range of subjects including future patterns of urbanization; problems of urban planning; the emergence of new bourgeoisies in Asian and Latin American countries; the new international labour proletariat of labour migrants; ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
250
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781850433019
SKU
V9781850433019
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Ref
99-5
About Nigel Harris
Nigel Harris is Professor Emeritus of the Economics of the City, UCL and is the author of Thinking the Unthinkable (I.B.Tauris, 2001).
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