Professor Jan Nederveen Pieterse: 4 books

"This exciting book is a tour de force, spanning a broad range of approaches to development. It does not stop at critique, as so many previous books on these issues have done, but offers a unique perspective on future possibilities and the shape of things to come. It should be essential reading...

Arguing that ethnicity and multiculturalism are essential for understanding globalization, Jan Nederveen Pieterse offers one of the first sustained treatments of the reach of these key forces beyond a limited national context. He shows that multiethnicity preceded the nation-state by millennia; but...

Now updated with new chapters on culture and on populism, this seminal text disputes the view that we are experiencing a “clash of civilizations” as well as the idea that globalization leads to cultural homogenization. Instead, Jan Nederveen Pieterse argues that we are witnessing the formation...

The first edition received widespread praise, including from eminent scholars such as Gita Sen and Amina Mama (see quotes below) The only book on the subject to cover the Global South as a whole and to bring together such a wide variety of disciplines and approaches. Offers a critical feminist perspective on development. Bridges the gap between development scholarship and feminist activism.