Introduction : globalisation, (post- )modernity and the Third World / Ray Kiely -- The crisis of global development / Ray Kiely -- Transnational companies, global capital and the Third World / Ray Kiely -- Migration and the refugee experience / Phil Marfleet -- Global aspects of health and health policy in Third World countries / Maureen Larkin -- The biodiversity convention and global sustainable development / Suzanne Biggs -- Globalisation, ethnic identity and popular culture in Latin America / Vivian Schelling -- Globalisation and cultural imperialism : a case study of the music industry / David Hesmondhalgh -- Globalisation and religious activism / Phil Marfleet.
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This book examines the changing position of the Developing World within the world system. It focuses on particular issues which cut across communities, nations, regions and, in consequence, the world. These include migration, health and disease, the media, transnational corporations, religion, and political and economic institutions. The contributors draw on a wealth of illustrations and global examples to examine topics such as HIV/AIDS transmission, the mediatized Gulf War, consumption patterns, the Third World in the First, Orientalism and Islam, environmental and urban movements, liberation theology in Latin America and the impact of the media. This book provides a critical introduction to the Third World around the unifying theme of globalisation.