Perspectives On Underdevelopment 3 Ties That Bind

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Editorial: Between The Lines, Toronto, 1982

0919946232 / 9780919946231

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Previous Owner Markings (Including Highlighting); Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled; Moderate Fading Due to Sun Exposure. SUB-TITLE: Canada and the Third World. CONTRIBUTORS: Richard Swift and Robert Clarke are staff members of the Development Education Centre and co-producers of DEC's radio programme on international development, "from A Different Perspective". Brian Tomlinson is a former OXFAM-Canada political affairs officer who continues to do research and writing for non-governmental agencies on development issues. D'Arcy Martin is a former DEC staffperson and now works in labour education. Robert Carty is co-author with Virginia Smith of Perpetuating Poverty: The Political Economy of Canadian Foreign Aid and a member of the Latin American Working Group (LAWG). Michael T. Klare is a fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) in Washington, D. C. and author of several studies on militarism, including Supplying Repression: U. S. Support for Authoritarian Regimes Abroad. The Development Education Centre is a Toronto-based collective engaged in research and educational work on Third World and development issues. Besides producing radio programmes, the centre houses a film distribution service, a bookroom and a library. COVER DESIGN BY: Goodness Graphics. CONTENTS: Preface; Part One: The Ties That Bind - by Richard Swift; Part Two: Reaching An Impasse: The North-South Debate - by Brian Tomlinson; Part Three: Facing the Octopus - The Transnational Corporation - by D'Arcy Martin; Part Four: Giving for Gain - Foreign Aid and CIDA - by Robert Carty; Part Five: Arming Elites - The Role of Militarism - by Michael T. Klare; Appendices 1. The Arusha Initiative 2. Bibliography: Selected Books and Periodicals. SYNOPSIS: Ties That Bind: Canada and the Third World is a primer in the politics and economics of unequal development. It describes a world system that produces inequality and poverty by design rather than by accident, a system in which Canada plays an integral part. The book's five essays cover subjects central to an understanding of the predicament of third World countries. The first analyzes the kind of information Canadians get about the Third World - and the misconceptions that arise, such as the dominant "tyrant and victim" image of underdevelopment. Others deal with the lopsided economy of North-South ties; the quixotic roles of transnational corporations; the failures of foreign aid; the spreading disease of militarism. Canada's ambiguous role in world affairs has not just prevented development; it has perverted it. Ties That Bind argues the need for radical change in the present world system and calls for Canadians to work in solidarity with the numerous popular movements in the Third World that are fighting for social justice and revolution. The editors are staff members of the Development Education Centre, a research and educational collective engaged in promoting critical awareness of development and underdevelopment in Canada and the Third World. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Título
Perspectives On Underdevelopment 3 Ties That Bind
Autor
Swift, Richard and Clarke, Robert with the Development Education Centre (edited by)
Editorial
Between The Lines, Toronto
Año de publicación
1982
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Good
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Trade Paperback
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inglés
ISBN 10
0919946232
ISBN 13
9780919946231
Ilustrador
Carlos Freire
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Politics & Government - Canadian

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