The Sociology of Development Handbook

The Sociology of Development Handbook gathers essays that reflect the range of debates in development sociology and in the interdisciplinary study and practice of development. The essays address the pressing intellectual challenges of today, including internal and international migration, transformation of political regimes, globalization, changes in household and family formations, gender dynamics, technological change, population and economic growth, environmental sustainability, peace and war, and the production and reproduction of social and economic inequality. 

Gregory Hooks is Professor and Chair in the Department of Sociology at McMaster University.

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Introduction: A Manifesto for the Sociology of Development - Samuel Cohn and Gregory Hooks

I. EXPLAINING DEVELOPMENT: SOCIOLOGICAL INSIGHTS

1. Engendering Development: The Evolution of a Field of Research - Valentine M. Moghadam
2. Population and Development - Laszlo J. Kulcsar
3. Strengthening the Ties between Environmental Sociology and Sociology of Development - Jennifer E. Givens, Brett Clark, and Andrew K. Jorgenson
4. The Sources of Socioeconomic Development - Adam Szirmai

II. HUMAN CAPABILITIES: INSTITUTIONS AND DEVELOPMENT

5. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Global North and Global South - Jeffrey T. Jackson, Kirsten Dellinger, Kathryn McKee, and Annette Trefzer
6. Magic Potion/Poison Potion: The Impact of Women’s Economic Empowerment versus Disempowerment for Development in a Globalized World - Rae Lesser Blumberg
7. Land Use and the Great Acceleration in Human Activities: Political and Economic Dynamics - Thomas K. Rudel
8. Age Structure and Development: Beyond Malthus - David L. Brown and Parfait Eloundou-Enyegue
9. Development, Demographic Processes, and Public Health - Joshua Stroud, Philip Anglewicz, and Mark VanLandingham
10. Education and Development - David B. Bills

III. DEVELOPMENT DYNAMICS: SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL ACCOUNTS

11. The Sociology of Subnational Development: Conceptual and Empirical Foundations - Linda Lobao 12. Sociological Perspectives on Uneven Development: The Making of Regions - Ann R. Tickamyer and Anouk Patel-Campillo
13. Migration and Development: Virtuous and Vicious Cycles - Sara R. Curran
14. Tertiary Education and Development: Strategies of Global South Countries to Meet Growing Tertiary Demand - Mary M. Kritz
15. Migrant Networks, Immigrant and Ethnic Economies, and Destination Development - Kim Korinek and Peter Loebach

IV. BUILDING STATES AND FAILING STATES: DEVELOPMENT TRIUMPHS AND DISASTERS

16. The State and Development - Samuel Cohn
17. Women, Democracy, and the State - Kathleen M. Fallon and Jocelyn Viterna
18. War and Development: Questions, Answers, and Prospects for the Twenty-first Century - Gregory Hooks
19. Neoliberalism, the Origins of the Global Crisis, and the Future of States - Richard Lachmann
20. Crisis and the Rise of China - Ho-fung Hung
21. Conflict and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa - Zoe Marriage
22. Social Movements and Economic Development - Paul Almeida

V. GLOBAL COMPLEXITIES AND LOCAL CONTEXTS: NEW PARADIGMS FOR EXPLAINING DEVELOPMENT

23. Globalization and Development - Nina Bandelj and Elizabeth Sowers
24. Transitions to Capitalisms: Past and Present - Rebecca Jean Emigh
25. Quantitative Growth and Economic Development through History - Rosemary L. Hopcroft
26. The Great Divergence: Why Did Industrial Capitalism Emerge in Europe, Not China? - Dingxin Zhao
27. Global Commodity Chains and Development - Jennifer Bair and Matthew Mahutga

List of Contributors
Index