A World of Difference
Third Edition
Encountering and Contesting Development in a Changing World
Eric Sheppard and Helga Leitner
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Hardcover
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ISBN 9781462566167
Price: $147.00 480 Pages
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ISBN 9781462565443
Price: $98.00480 Pages
Size: 7" x 10"
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The new edition will be published February 22, 2027. If you need this title before then, please see the previous edition.
New to this edition:
- Restructured to clarify how colonialism and slavery have shaped the postcolonial South’s development challenges.
- New and expanded topics: transnational migration, global population dynamics, global agriculture, mineral extraction, financialization, southern megacities, global heating, rising ethnonationalism, logistics, new development agents, the China model, and more.
- New chapter on alternative Southern development imaginaries and practices.
- Numerous new and updated sidebars, maps, and graphics, including 14 full-color plates depicting the book's major themes.





