Ray Kiely Livres

An introduction to the impasse in development sociology. The author builds in empirical material and encompasses functionalist and world system theory to produce a well-rounded analysis.

The book critically explores the complex processes of deindustrialization and its significant role in shaping deep political issues. It connects this phenomenon to right-wing populism, contemporary geopolitical tensions with China, Brexit, and initiatives like the New Green Deal and levelling up. By analyzing these interconnections, it sheds light on how economic shifts influence political landscapes and societal responses.

Focusing on industrialization, this introductory development studies text explores its theoretical frameworks and various manifestations. It analyzes the balance between economic efficiency and social responsibility, offering insights into alternative approaches to development. The book aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of industrialization's impact and the potential for more sustainable practices in development.

Ray Kiely examines the conservative anti-globalization that has manifested itself in recent years as a nostalgia for a former supposed age of economic and societal harmony and which has informed popular mantras of deregulation and economic nationalism.

This book critically examines the argument that the Global South has risen in recent years, that its rise has intensified since the 2008 financial crisis, and that this in turn has hastened the decline of the West and the US in particular. Drawing on critical theories of international relations and development, Kiely puts the rise into context and shows how the factors that aided the rise of the South have now given way to a less favourable international context. Indeed, economic problems in China and other leading countries, falling commodity prices and capital outflows point us in the direction of identifying a new phase of the 2008 financial crisis: an emerging markets crisis. Kiely argues that this is a crisis which demonstrates the continued dependent position of the South in the context of the uneven and combined development of international capitalism.