During the 1990s, literature on the international political economy was dominated by the idea of globalization. Dramatic decreases in transport costs and the rise ... economic activity in Europe first took off in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, with the development of new shipping technology that led to Spanish colonization of Latin America. However, the Chinese had developed better and more sophisticated technology much earlier but did not choose to use it to promote economic expansion. Similarly ... over their colonies). Ideological justification for colonialism was based on the fa...

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... CHAPTER ONE MASS MEDIA, COMMUNICATION AND DEVELOPMENT 'Development' is usually referred to by quantifiable indicators such as Gross National Product (GNP) and per capita income in traditional Social Science literature. But now, instead of becoming a synonym for economic growth, development is seen more in rounded terms – which brings into consideration questions of distributive justice, human fulfillment and ... had marginally risen in some poorer regions, and to some extent, have declined in the north: Africa 3.4% Asia – 27.7% North America – 29% Europe and USSR – 28.3% Lati...

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... developed, they must increase their exports and participate in the market economy. According to Gibson-Graham, through centuries of influence from development through, Spanish colonization, and, subsequently, American occupation, the Filipinos are much more reluctant to stray from the current structure of development and become active members in developing their own communities. However, using the overseas population, ... 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...

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