Social Change Development and Dependency by T Spybey PAPERBACK 9780745607306

Social Change Development and Dependency\nby T Spybey\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: T Spybey\nTitle: Social Change Development and Dependency\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Development studies\nPublisher: Polity Press\nISBN-13: 9780745607306\nISBN-10: 0745607306\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThis book takes the study of development and social change out of the confines of the Modernization Theory - Dependency Theory debate. The author examines social change against a background of the rise of the West and the global spread of its institutions. Spybey analyzes the development of the nation-state system in the modern world, emphasizing its Western origins. He also traces out the emergence of colonialism, the capitalist world-economy and Western dominance over other par.