Commodification of Body Parts in the Global South Transnational Inequalities and Development Challenges

Zusatztext                                                             Informationen zum Autor Firouzeh Nahavandi is a professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles (Brussels), and Director of the Research Centre for International Cooperationand Development (CECID). She has mainly written in French on development processes, and in particular on Islamic countries.                                            Klappentext                                                   Zusammenfassung Nahavandi contends that the commodification of humanbody parts reflects a modern form of such well-known historical phenomena asslavery and colonization, and can be considered a new and additional form ofappropriation and extraction of resources from the Global South. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction.- Chapter 1: Commodification of the Human Body Parts.- Chapter 2: Transnational Hair Trade.- Chapter 3: Transnational Surrogacy.- Chapter 4: Transnational Kidney Transplant.- Chapter 5: Transnational Attraction of Brains.- Chapter 6: The Commodification of the Human Body Parts in a Development-Related Perspective.- Ending Remarks

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Firouzeh Nahavandy, Firouzeh Nahavandi
• Verlag: Palgrave UK
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheinungsdatum: 11.05.2016
• Thema: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Naturwissenschaften allgemein
• EAN: 9781137505835
• ISBN: 978-1-137-50583-5
• Anzahl Seiten: 143
• Serie: Palgrave Pivot; Philosophie & Politique / Philosophy & Politics; Philosophie & Politique / Philosophy & Politics
• Themen: C, Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, Politics / Current Events, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Humanism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Regional Development, Poverty, Social Change, auseinandersetzen, Development Aid, Political Science and International Studies, Economic development, Comparative Politics, Regionalism, Development Studies, Development and Social Change