... therapy is conducted and the attitude that the patient may have toward psychotherapy. Associated with the clinical experiences of working with patients in foreign societies, or working with minority groups, literature on intercultural psychotherapy began to appear in the 1960s. There was increased concern in the 1970s and 1980s with how to deliver mental health counseling for minorities, migrants, refugees, sojourners ... perspective" (Tseng, 1999). Even though Western culture puts emphasis on verbal communication, other cultures such as Asian and African do not give words that same val...

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... of people, what post-development thinkers mean is the rejection of what Matthews calls the post-World War II (WWII) development projects. Cognizant of the lack of post-development focused literature on African development, Matthews provides compelling evidence for post-development theorists to focus their attention on the failure of pWWII projects on the continent. As these projects see the ... African culture as inimical to their success, Matthews suggests that rather than changing these values, perhaps pWWII projects should be the ones to leave the stage. While traces of Western cultu...

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During the 1990s, literature on the international political economy was dominated by the idea of globalization. Dramatic decreases in transport costs and the rise of fast and cheap telecommunications technology have made geography less ... states find alternative ways to secure themselves from debt. Equally, though, such strategies are largely driven by relatively well-off and powerful middle-income countries in Latin American and Asia. African countries are more marginalized and have less chance of benefiting from globalization and may consequently look to more radical solutions. Conclusion...

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