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 Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Subjects
Social sciences.
Environmental geography.
Development economics.
Cultural studies.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9789811051203
DOI10.1007/978-981-10-5120-3
Physical DescriptionVIII, 171 p. 15 illus. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • 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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