The Global Crisis and Transformative Social Change [electronic resource] /
Utting, Peter.editor.
Razavi, Shahra.editor.
Buchholz, Rebecca Varghese.editor.
Global crises not only deeply impact the economy and people's livelihoods, they also unsettle basic ideas and assumptions about the meaning and drivers of development. This collection of theoretical and empirical studies explores the substance and politics of policy change following the 2007/8 crisis from the perspective of developing countries.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; Preface; Notes on Contributors; Overview: Social and Political Dimensions of the Global Crisis: Possible Futures; 1 Narratives of Crisis and Crisis Response: Perspectives from North and South; 2 The Perils of Paradigm Maintenance in the Face of Crisis; 3 Social Reproduction in the Global Crisis: Rapid Recovery or Long-Lasting Depletion?; 4 Shifting Global Social Policy Discourse and Governance in Times of Crisis; 5 Financialization and Social Policy
6 Policy Change in Turbulent Times: The Nationalization of Private Pensions in Argentina7 Rebounding from Crisis: The Role and Limits of Social Policy in China's Recovery; 8 The Global Economic Crisis and Labour Markets in the Small States of the Caribbean; 9 From Agrarian Crisis to Global Economic Crisis: Neoliberalism and the Indian Peasantry; 10 Restructuring Development to Address the Global Financial Crisis: Lessons from India; 11 A Political Economy Analysis of Crisis Response: Reflections on India and Thailand; 12 Trade Unions and the Politics of Crisis
13 Chinese Migrant Workers in the Global Financial Crisis: Government and Stakeholder InteractionsIndex
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Global crises not only deeply impact the economy and people's livelihoods, they also unsettle basic ideas and assumptions about the meaning and drivers of development. This collection of theoretical and empirical studies explores the substance and politics of policy change following the 2007/8 crisis from the perspective of developing countries.
Political economy.
Economic policy.
International relations.
Political sociology.
Comparative politics.
Economic development.
International Political Economy.
Economic Policy.
International Relations.
Political Sociology.
Comparative Politics.
Development Studies.