Global Restructuring and Peripheral States - The Carrot and the Stick in Mauritania

Since the early 1980s, Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs) have represented the development policy most often pursued in developing countries. Global Restructuring and Peripheral States addresses SAPs and their implications for Third World states. Taking a pioneering geopolitical and economic approach, Ould-Mey examines the restructuring of international relations through the process of globalization and its unfolding within peripheral states such as Mauritania.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Concrete and Theoretical Contexts Chapter 3 Globalization and Peripheral States Chapter 4 The Mauritanian Context Chapter 5 Denationalization: From National to Multilateral State Chapter 6 Denationalization: Leaders and NGOs Within the State Chapter 7 Globalization and Devaluation of the Economy Chapter 8 Social Dimension of SAPs Chapter 9 Political Implications of SAPs Chapter 10 Democratization or Democracy? Chapter 11 Index

About the author

Mohameden Ould-Mey is assistant professor of geography at Francis Marion University.

Summary

Since the early 1980s, structural adjustment programmes (SAPs) have represented the development policy commonly pursued in developing countries. This work addresses SAPs and their implications for Third World states, focusing on the restructuring of international relations in Mauritania.

Product details

• Authors: Mohameden Ould-Mey, Ould-Mey Mohameden
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.01.1996
• EAN: 9780822630517
• ISBN: 978-0-8226-3051-7
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 228 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 449 g
• Series: American Childhoods Series; American Childhoods; American Childhoods Series; American Childhoods
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, International Relations, Central / national / federal government policies, Development Studies, Central government policies, Mauritania