Encountering Development in the Age of Global Capitalism : A Case Study

• Main Author: Tang, Kin-Ling (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Environmental geography.; Development economics.; Cultural studies.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9789811051203
• DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-5120-3
• Physical Description: VIII, 171 p. 15 illus. online resource.

This book proposes an alternative approach to understanding development and discusses the possibilities of alternative development in the age of global capitalism from a socio-cultural perspective. Tracing the development of Mui Wo, a rural town on the outskirts of Hong Kong, for more than a decade,...