This book offers an engaged discussion of the relationship between globalization and human development. Roni Kay M. O'Dell and Devin K. Joshi provide a comprehensive overview of the history and current practice of human development as it interacts with and is driven by multiple facets of globalization.

Roni Kay M. O'Dell is Associate Professor of Political Science and Coordinator of the Political Science and Global Studies Programs at Seton Hill University (SHU). Her recent book is Global Politics: A Toolkit for Learners, written with Sasha Breger Bush. Her published peer reviewed articles appear in International Studies Perspectives, Journal of Human Rights Practice, and Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and IOs, among others. She is the main advisor for SHU's award-winning Model UN program and is actively involved in organizations that support the UN, which currently includes positions on the ACUNS Board (Co-Treasurer) and the Human Development and Capabilities Association Executive Council (Director at Large).

Devin K. Joshi is Associate Professor of Political Science in the School of Social Sciences at Singapore Management University and a recipient of the Lee Kong Chian Fellowship. His research interests include globalization, ideology, and human development. He is co-author of the book Strengthening Governance Globally: Forecasting the Next 50 Years and has written over fifty academic journal articles and book chapters. His articles appear in journals such as Globalizations, International Studies Quarterly, World Development, Journal of Peace Research, and Journal of Human Development and Capabilities.

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List of Acronyms

Chapter 1: Introducing Globalization and Human Development

Our Contribution to Understanding Human Development and Globalization

Theories and History of Globalization

The Contemporary Era of Globalization

A Short Overview of Human Development

Historical Development Thinking and Practice

Human Development as an Alternative Theoretical and Practical Approach

Human Development Globalized

Globalization and Human Development (Cause and Effect)

Globalization as Human Development (Linking or Equivalence of the Concepts)

Globalization with Human Development (Capabilities Globalism)

The Dimensions and Processes of Globalization through which Human Development is Globalizing

Chapter Organization

Chapter 2: Human Development as an Ideology of Globalization

Defining and Explaining Ideology

Competing Ideologies of Globalization

Human Development as an Ideology of Globalization

Particularism and the Concern for Capabilities, Freedom, and Democracy

Universalism, Human Flourishing, and Capabilities

Locating the Human Development Paradigm as an Ideology

Comparing Human Development to Neoliberalism

Human Development as a Forward-Looking Ideology

Chapter 3: The Role of Intellectuals in Globalizing Human Development

Academics on the Human Development and Capability Approach

Amartya Sen

Martha Nussbaum

Mahbub ul Haq

Assessing the Academic Globalizing of the HDCA by Sen, Nussbaum, and ul Haq

The Human Development and Capability Association

The Dramatic Rise in Academic Publications on Human Development

Publications on the Human Development Reports and Index

Publications on HDCA Themes and Development Concepts

The Significance of Intellectuals in Globalizing the Human Development Ideology

Chapter 4: The Role of Mass Media in Globalizing Human Development

Who's Reporting on Human Development? Coverage of the HDRs and HDIs

Political Communication on the HD Ideology (Framing and Agenda Setting)

The Dramatic Rise in Media Reporting on the HDRs and HDI

Credibility and Resonance in Media Reporting

Persistence in Reporting

Decentralization in Reporting: Local and Global Newspaper Audiences

Reflections on the Human Development Paradigm and the Mass Media

Chapter 5: The United Nations and the Globalization of Human Development

Human Development from the League of Nations to the United Nations

Conference Diplomacy and Human Development Ideas, Concepts, and Theoretical Foundations

Human Development and UN Conferences to Support the Environment

Human Development and UN Conferences to Support Women

Human Development and UN Conferences to Support the Least Developed Countries

The UNDP Defines Human Development through the Human Development Reports

The Human Development Reports Office at the UNDP

Dimensions of Globalization Addressed in the HDRs

Next Steps for Human Development and International Cooperation

Chapter 6: The Role of the Global South in Globalizing Human Development

The Global South and Human Development

International Development and the Global South

The Global South and the United Nations

The Global South and the Non-Aligned Movement

Postcolonialism and the Human Development Ideology

Progress, Setbacks, Possibilities on Achieving Human Development in the Global South

Education

Life Expectancy

Income and Inequality

Multidimensional Poverty

Gender Equality

Global South Progress on MDGs and SDGs

The Future of Global South and Human Development

Chapter 7: Globalizing Human Development: A Success Story or a Work in Progress?

Reviewing Human Development Worldwide: Growths and Gaps

Human Development Compared to Alternative Approaches

Locating the Human Development Approach on the Left-Right Spectrum

Evaluating the Human Development Approach as an Ideology

Strengths of the Human Development Ideology

Weaknesses of the Human Development Ideology

Human Development in the Present and Future

Bibliography

About the Authors