Global Trends and Regional Development

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Global Trends and Regional Development

Development studies Social and ethical issues Sociology Human geography Regional geography

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Collection: Routledge Studies in Development and Society

Language: English

Published by: Routledge

Published on: 23rd September 2011

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 7 Mb

ISBN: 9781136633461


Introduction

For millennia, contact between societies was limited to trade or wars, a situation that changed profoundly with the development of global markets serving industrialization. The outcome was the emergence of one global human civilization, and one common future that will depend on the capacity of individuals and societies to manage the potentials for social development.

Collection Focus

This edited collection is dedicated to the discussion of four global trends: upgrading the rationality of organizations, individualization, the spreading of instrumental activism and universalization of value-normative systems. The mutual influence of these interrelated trends brings about both constructive and destructive effects in social life, social integration and change.

Key Questions

Contributors examine questions such as: How do global trends pave their way in regions? What are the similarities and differences of regional development? How do agencies cope with the challenges of global trends in regional development?

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