Inequality, Development and Globalization Analytical Essay by Top Papers

The writer describes how in this chapter, the author gives an account of globalization, from the perspective of development geography, and he argues that despite arguments to the contrary, globalization has tended to increase economic divergence, both within countries and within the global community. The paper looks at how he provides an overview of the three dominant perspectives regarding the developmental implications of globalization, namely, neoliberal, neostructuralist, and dependency/post-development. The paper outlines how in the course of this chapter, he uses a range of evidence and two case studies to make an argument that the neostructuralist perspective is the most accurate and useful for analyzing the implications of globalization for the Third World. This writer argues that the author is incorrect in this analysis, and that in fact the dependency/post-development perspective is more useful for analyzing globalization and predicting its outcomes.