Industrialization and Underdeveloped Countries

by Alan B. Mountjoy

Overview

The volume of relevant research and literature on this topic is growing but originates mainly from economists, sociologists, and political scientists; geographers have been slow to make contributions. One reason may be that geographers have been preoccupied with differentiation within the geography of production whereas this new field directs attention to the geography of consumption and a study of economies. This book aims to focus attention on the complex and inter-related problems—social, economic, political, and geographical—that come with development, placing particular emphasis on the problems which accompany attempts at industrialization. Focusing on the complex and interrelated social, economic, political, and geographic problems that attend under-development, this book presents one of the first contributions from a geographer on what has been called the most important economic problem of the modern world.

Contending that industrialization is no answer for under-developed countries that are striving to maintain expanding populations and to strengthen their economy, Alan B. Mountjoy traces the distribution, causes, and problems of under-development and the difficulties with and possibilities for industrialization as an aid in solving those problems. He defines development and under-development, considers problems of industrialization (including environmental and human problems), discusses the forms industrialization takes, and analyzes the progress of industrialization in specific under-developed areas.

The unique geographer's perspective and the ability of the author to select aspects of the study that most clearly reflect the problems of under-developed economies make this work a useful text and reference book for students and scholars of development, economic geography, and international relations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780202309989
Publisher:	Transaction Publishers
Publication date:	08/30/2007
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	16 Years

About the Author

Alan B. Mountjoy was lecturer in geography at Bedford College, University of London, where he specialized in economic geography and the study of underdeveloped countries. Some of his other books include Industrialization and Developing Countries, Africa (with David Hilling), and Developing the Underdeveloped Countries.

Table of Contents

1: Development and Under-Development; 2: The Demographic Factor: The Global Setting; 3: The Demographic Factor in the Under-Developed Lands; 4: Industrialization—The Panacea?; 5: Problems of Industrialization; 6: Environmental and Human Problems; 7: The Form of Industrialization; 8: The Progress of Industrialization: I. Ghana and Nigeria; Chile; Hong Kong; 9: The Progress of Industrialization: II. India; Egypt; 10: Conclusion