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050 4 _aHC59.7.R54 2010
082 0 _a338.9
100 1 _ade Rivero, Oswaldo.
245 1 4 _aThe Myth of Development :
_bNon-viable Economies and the Crisis of Civilization.
250 _a2nd ed.
264 1 _aLondon :
_bZed Books,
_c2010.
264 4 _c�2010.
300 _a1 online resource (173 pages)
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aGlobal Issues
505 0 _aIntro -- About the author -- Introduction -- Excerpt from the Introduction to the First Edition, 2001 -- 1 | The Twilight of the Nation-State -- Quasi nation-states -- Perforated sovereignties -- Powerless powers -- 2 | Global Empowerment and National Impoverishment -- The new global aristocracy -- The supranational clergy -- The international third estate -- 3 | International Darwinism -- From Adam Smith to Charles Darwin -- The global jungle -- Deproletarianization and dematerialization -- 4 | The Search for El Dorado -- Thinking the unthinkable -- Non-viable national economies (NNEs) -- Non-development -- 5 | Human and Natural Depredation -- Treatment as a different species -- Ungovernable chaotic entities (UCEs) -- Peace enforcement and intensive care -- The Anthropocene -- An indicator of barbarism -- 6 | The Crisis of the California Model -- The physical-social imbalance -- The decisive factors -- The Pact for Survival -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index.
520 _aThe message of this courageous classic book is that the benefits of development, so long promised over the past sixty years, have not come about for most people. Nor are they going to.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2019. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_ade Rivero, Oswaldo
_tThe Myth of Development : Non-viable Economies and the Crisis of Civilization
_dLondon : Zed Books,c2010
_z9781848135833
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 0 _aGlobal Issues
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