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Tables of Contents for Inequality, Power, and Development
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Figures and Tables
ix
4
Acknowledgments
xiii
1 Introduction
1
10
Understanding Power
2
1
Types of Power
3
3
Authority
4
1
Legitimacy
4
1
Coercion
5
1
Manipulation
5
1
Some Comments on Human Nature
6
3
Polarization and Globalization
9
2
2 Political Economy: Understanding the Complex Web of Politics, Economy, and History
11
21
The Rise of Capitalism
12
6
Capital
13
1
Labor
13
1
Land
13
3
Feudal Authority
16
1
Ideology
16
2
Wealth and Power in the United States
18
5
Building America's Fortunes
19
4
Surplus Value
23
1
Imperialism
24
4
The Expanded Role of Government in the Economy
28
4
3 Stagnation and Economic Inequality in the United States Today
32
37
Taxes and Income Distribution
38
2
Income at the Top
40
2
Wealth
42
9
Poverty and Racial Inequality
51
9
Women's Progress and "The Glass Ceiling"
60
2
The Decline of Unions
62
7
4 Corporate Power
69
14
A Case Study: General Motors
70
3
Foreign Investment
73
3
Corporate Control of Health Care
76
2
Conclusion: Why Does Inequality Matter?
78
5
The Moral Critique of Inequality
79
1
The Social Critique of Inequality
79
1
The Economic Critique of Inequality
80
3
5 State Power: Elites, Classes, and Interest Groups
83
34
Pluralist Theory
83
2
Functional Elite Theory
85
1
Critical Elite Theory and Instrumentalism
86
11
The Powers That Be
90
7
Structuralist Theory
97
3
The State's Role in the Economy
100
7
Conflict and Repression
107
6
Conclusion
113
4
6 A Comparative View of Developed Nations
117
29
Attitudes Toward Government
118
1
Cross-National Comparisons of Income
119
3
Cross-National Comparisons of "The Tax Burden"
122
2
Poverty, Crime, and Incarceration
124
7
Work and Leisure
131
3
Energy Consumption and Pollution
134
1
Where Women Stand
135
3
Alternative Development Indexes
138
8
A Case Study: The United States vs. Canada, Social Policy Index
142
4
7 The Sociology of Development
146
36
Modernization Theory
147
2
How Is Development Measured?
149
1
Is One World Enough?
150
1
Alternative Theories of "Development"
151
3
The Theory of Imperialism
152
1
Dependency Theory
152
1
World System Theory
153
1
Are Third World Nations Developing?
154
2
The Legacy of Colonialism
156
6
King Leopold's Congo
157
1
French West Africa
158
2
More Examples of Colonialism
160
2
The Authoritarian State
162
2
Hunger, Poverty, and Environmental Destruction Today
164
7
Does the Free Market Contribute to Hunger?
167
1
Environmental Issues
168
3
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund
171
4
The Mexican Debt Crisis
175
3
Population Displacement
178
1
Conclusion
178
4
8 The New World Order, Part 1
182
38
Old World Order Interventionism
183
37
Europe After World War II
184
1
Iran
185
2
Indonesia
187
1
Chile
188
5
Cambodia
193
1
Vietnam
194
3
Nicaragua
197
7
El Salvador
204
4
Grenada
208
3
Cuba
211
3
Hit List
214
6
9 The New World Order, Part 2
220
34
The Gulf War of 1991
221
9
The Real Reasons for the Gulf War
227
3
Opportunities in the New World Order
230
10
Haiti
230
10
Eastern Europe: Capitalism Revived
240
14
Economic Reform
242
2
Political Reform
244
1
Western Influence and the Sachs Plan
245
9
10 Conclusion: Challenges to Power
254
21
GATT and the World Trade Organization
255
4
The United Nations
259
4
Social Movements
263
8
Resistance to Globalization and Polarization
267
4
Mexico, January 1994
267
1
France, December 1995
268
1
Germany, May 1996
269
1
Russia
270
1
Latin America
270
1
Elsewhere
271
1
The Unknown Future
271
4
Bibliography
275
14
Subject Index
289
9
Name Index
298