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“ladawn haglund”

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  • Limiting Resources

    Market-Led Reform and the Transformation of Public Goods

    by LaDawn Haglund ...
    The provision of public goods such as education, electricity, health, sanitation, and water used to be regarded as primarily the responsibility of governments, but in the 1980s privatization of such services spread and reliance on market mechanisms instead of governments became common in many parts of the world, including developing countries. The record of the past twenty-five years of market-led ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Closing the Rights Gap

    From Human Rights to Social Transformation

    Edited by LaDawn Haglund, Robin Stryker ...
    Do "human rights"—as embodied in constitutions, national laws, and international agreements—foster improvements in the lives of the poor or otherwise marginalized populations? When, where, how, and under what conditions? Closing the Rights Gap: From Human Rights to Social Transformation systematically compares a range of case studies from around the world in order to clarify the conditions under ... Read more

    $67.49 USD

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    Political Arguments for Capitalism before Its Triumph

    by Albert O. Hirschman, Jeremy Adelman ...
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    In this volume, Albert Hirschman reconstructs the intellectual climate of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to illuminate the intricate ideological transformation that occurred, wherein the pursuit of material interests--so long condemned as the deadly sin of avarice--was assigned the role of containing the unruly and destructive passions of man. Hirschman here offers a new interpretation ... Read more

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  • The Pirates' Who's Who

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  • Geography of Power

    Making Global Economic Policy

    by Richard Peet ...
    This work looks at how contemporary global economic policies are made: by which institutions, under what ideologies, and how they are enforced. The author reveals the central roles played by organizations such as the IMF and the World Bank in supervising the livelihoods of over 2.5 billion people. He shows that neoliberal economic policy is enforced by a few thousand unelected and unaccountable ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Lessons from Latin America

    Innovations in Politics, Culture, and Development

    by Kirk Bowman, Felipe Arocena ...
    Since the early 1980s, Latin American countries have been innovative in a range of policy and cultural experiences, including health care, voting, pensions, and multiculturalism. And yet, their policy innovations are rarely found in textbooks. This book addresses that gap, providing a fascinating and wide-ranging exploration of both the history of "looking down" at Latin America and the political, ... Read more

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  • Resilience, Development and Global Change

    by Katrina Brown ...
    Resilience is currently infusing policy debates and public discourses, widely promoted as a normative goal in fields as diverse as the economy, national security, personal development and well-being. Resilience thinking provides a framework for understanding dynamics of complex, inter-connected social, ecological and economic systems. The book critically analyzes the multiple meanings and ... Read more

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  • The World Bank Group A to Z 2015

    by World Bank Group ...
    Series series The World Bank Group A to Z
    The World Bank Group A to Z provides the most concise and essential information about the mission, policies, procedures, products, and services of the new World Bank Group. With more than 280 entries arranged in encyclopedic A-to-Z format, readers can easily find up-to-date information about the five agencies of the World Bank Group and the wide range of areas in which they work: from agriculture, ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Conflict and Development

    by Eleanor O' Gorman ...
    Series series Development Matters
    During the 1990s the drive of liberal peace efforts in the form of humanitarian intervention transformed the ways in which traditional development assistance operated in war and post-war situations. From Somalia and Rwanda to Bosnia and Sri Lanka, conflict, security and development became more intertwined as more integrated programmes and interventions were advocated by the international community ... Read more

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  • IMF Lending to Developing Countries

    Issues and Evidence

    by Graham Bird ...
    Series series Development Policy Studies Series
    As the linchpin of the global financial system, the International Monetary Fund provides the balance of payments support, chiefly to developing countries, conditional on strict remedial policy measures. Its approach to policy remains highly controversial, however. While the Fund claims it has adapted, critics allege its policies are harshly doctrinaire, imposing hardships on already poverty ... Read more

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  • The Charm of Latin America

    Economic and Cultural Impressions

    by Vito Tanzi ...
    Over the last four decades, Dr. Vito Tanzi traveled frequently to Latin America in his professional capacity as an economist working for the International Monetary Fund and for other international organizations. During many trips, he observed ongoing economic and political developments, but, was also fascinated by the culture, history, and beauty of the region.He believes that books written about ... Read more

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  • Handbook of Research on Social, Cultural, and Educational Considerations of Indigenous Knowledge in Developing Countries

    Edited by Patrick Ngulube ...
    Knowledge systems are an essential aspect to the preservation of a community’s culture. In developing countries, this community-based knowledge has significant influence on such things as decision making and problem solving. The Handbook of Research on Social, Cultural, and Educational Considerations of Indigenous Knowledge in Developing Countries is an authoritative reference source for the ... Read more

    $224.99 USD