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

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,...

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Main Author: Tang, Kin-Ling. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: 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
Physical Description: VIII, 171 p. 15 illus. online resource.

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505 0 |a Chapter 1: Introduction: Alternative Development in the Age of Global Capitalism -- Chapter 2: Two Tales of a City -- Chapter 3: Techniques of Going Slow: Cycling in Mui Wo -- Chapter 4: Taking Care of Our Own Waste -- Chapter 5: All Roads Lead to Development, or How Small Paths Lead Us Home -- Chapter 6: Whose Development? Transnational Capitalism and Homogenisation of Space -- Conclusion: The Landscape. 
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