At the Crossroads of Development : : Transnational Challenges to Developed and Developing Societies / / edited by Joseph E. Behar, Alfred G. Cuzán.

• Superior document: International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology ; 65
• TeilnehmendeR: Behar, Joseph E.,; Cuzán, Alfred G.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : Brill,, 1996.
• Year of Publication: 1996
• Language: English
• Series: International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology ; 65.; International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology Online.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Other title: Transnational Challenges to Developed and Developing Societies; Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; Technology, Producer Services, and the New International Division of Labor /; The Effects of State Strength on Economic Growth in the Third World /; Economies of Exclusion /; The World-City System by the Year 2000 /; Impacts of Domestic Population Dynamics and Foreign Wood Trade on Deforestation /; Elder Abuse in Developed and Developing Societies /; Privatization and Decentralization in the United States and Chile /; The Third World after the Cold War /; Economic Development and Regional Integration in Economic Intergovernmental Organizations /; Development and Constitutional Democracy /; Contributors /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004476296
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Joseph E. Behar, Alfred G. Cuzán.

The 10 articles assembled in this volume examine old problems and new opportunities in development that are associated with trade, communication, population distribution and migration, culture and institutions. They explore possibilities for and obstacles to technological and institutional transfers between developed and developing societies at a time when capitalism and democracy appear triumphant. Points of convergence, parallel processes and equivalences in social problems and potential solutions across levels of development are noted. They point out that the hierarchy of the world economic system and indigenous cultures militate against the homogenization of the globe along Western lines.