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Book Reviews / Comptes rendus

Global Transition is quite an interesting book. In the Introduction, Chapter 1 the author does not only present a brief review of the concept of economic development, but also redefines it. Following an overview of traditional concepts of economic development, Snooks introduces his new concept of development global strategic transition (GST), and how it happens in the various regions of the world. He argues that traditional development economics has failed because it is unable to create "a general model of global economic development" (p. 3) and claims that his model would make it clearer that the economies of individual countries are integral aspects of the global systematic and continuing dynamic process. He further notes that although "development economics may have missed its mark, ... economic development is on course" (p. 3). In this first chapter, he alerts the reader that this monograph, one of a series of four books, deals with the validity of his propositions about the global transition process. Snooks maintains that his GST model explains better the development process of nations. He outlines how the model requires a complete redefinition of economic development. To him, the traditional development paradigm fails to understand the global dynamic process and only focused on how to deal with the gap between the "first" and "third world." He argues economic development has been perceived as an outcome rather than a process, the reason why traditional approaches to development are static rather than dynamic. He revisited the traditional concepts and meanings of development: growth in GDP, poverty reduction, equity, meeting basic needs, human development, and so on. Snooks argues correctly that development is a long-term process and could span three to four generations (p. 4). Although the IMF and the World Bank seem to promote non-interventionist policies, their own policies are in fact interventionist. These institutions engage in such policies because their leaders are ignorant of the global dynamic process (p. 4). To him, traditional development theory lacks analysis and consensus on the true meaning of development. The use of such contrasting terms such as advanced/backward countries, industrialized/industrializing countries, among others, reflects little understanding of the global dynamic process. As such, to fully understand the