{"product_id":"9783319363660","title":"International Perspectives on Social Policy, Administration, and Practice: A Global Perspective","description":"\u003ch1\u003eInternational Perspectives on Social Policy, Administration, and Practice: A Global Perspective\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eGrinin, Leonid; Korotayev, Andrey\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new monograph provides a stimulating new take on hotly contested topics in world modernization and the globalizing economy. It begins by situating what is called the Great Divergence--the social\/technological revolution that led European nations to outpace the early dominance of Asia--in historical context over centuries. This is contrasted with an equally powerful Great Convergence, the recent economic and technological expansion taking place in Third World nations and characterized by narrowing inequity among nations. They are seen here as two phases of an inevitable global process, centuries in the making, with the potential for both positive and negative results.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis sophisticated presentation examines:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy the developing world is growing more rapidly than the developed world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow this development began occurring under the Western world's radar.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow former colonies of major powers grew to drive the world's economy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy so many Westerneconomists have been slow to recognize the Great Convergence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe increasing risk of geopolitical instability.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy the world is likely to find itself without an absolute leader after the end of the American hegemony\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eA work of rare scope, \u003ci\u003eGreat Divergence and Great Convergence\u003c\/i\u003e gives sociologists, global economists, demographers, and global historians a deeper understanding of the broader movement of social and economic history, combined with a long view of history as it is currently being made; it also offers some thrilling forecasts for global development in the forthcoming decades. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2016-10-09\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783319363660\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-319-17780-9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 251\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46547319718028,"sku":"9783319363660","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783319363660.jpg?v=1772925440","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783319363660","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}