World Poverty: The Roots of Global Inequality and the Modern World System
Author | : Harold R. Kerbo |
Publisher | : McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
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Provides an introduction to modern world system theory and its attempts to explain world poverty and inequality. This book contains an overview of poverty in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. It tells why some countries in the world (mostly in Asia) have become richer and reduced the ranks of their poor through ties with the global economy.