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  • Neoliberalism

    A Critical Reader

    Edited by Alfredo Saad-Filho, Deborah Johnston ...
    Neoliberalism is the dominant ideology shaping our world today. It dictates the policies of governments, and shapes the actions of key institutions such as the WTO, IMF, World Bank and European Central Bank. Its political and economic implications can hardly be overstated.Yet there are obvious problems with the neoliberal project. This book is a perfect introduction to neoliberalism that is ideal ... Read more

    $33.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Economics and HIV

    The Sickness of Economics

    by Deborah Johnston ...
    Series series Routledge International Studies in Health Economics
    This book explains how, and why, economics has been applied to a terrible pandemic, using a range of examples mostly drawn from the region most affected, sub-Saharan Africa. Part I shows that microeconomic approaches have found fertile ground in a public health approach that ‘blames’ individual choices for HIV transmission. Despite their attractiveness, however, these approaches fail to explain ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • The Political Economy of HIV in Africa

    Edited by Deborah Johnston, Kevin Deane, Matteo Rizzo ...
    Biomedical revolutions seem to have radically altered the environment for HIV transmission: anti-retrovirals (ARVs) and drugs to reduce mother-to-child transmission promise to cut HIV transmission rates, as does male medical circumcision. However, the hopeful messages of UNAIDS are tempered with warning about expenditure shortfalls and calls for funding. Contributions to this book remind us that, ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Statistical Tragedy in Africa?

    Evaluating the Database for African Economic Development

    Edited by Morten Jerven, Deborah Johnston ...
    What do we know about economic development in Africa? The answer is that we know much less than we would like to think. This collection assesses the knowledge problem present in statistics on poverty, agriculture, labour, education, health, and economic growth. While diverse in origin, the contributors to this book are unified in two conclusions: the quality and quantity of data needs to be ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

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  • A Brief History of Neoliberalism

    by David Harvey ...
    Neoliberalism - the doctrine that market exchange is an ethic in itself, capable of acting as a guide for all human action - has become dominant in both thought and practice throughout much of the world since 1970 or so. Its spread has depended upon a reconstitution of state powers such that privatization, finance, and market processes are emphasized. State interventions in the economy are ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

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  • About Canada: Health and Illness, 2nd ed.

    by Dennis Raphael ...
    Series Book 11 - About Canada
    Most Canadians believe that their experiences of health and illness are shaped by genetics, medical care and lifestyle choices. Governments, the media and disease associations reinforce this perception by pointing to medical research and a healthy lifestyle as the keys to health. About Canada: Health and Illness tells a different story.In this new, updated edition, Dennis Raphael shows that living ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Poor Numbers

    How We Are Misled by African Development Statistics and What to Do about It

    by Morten Jerven ...
    Series series Cornell Studies in Political Economy
    One of the most urgent challenges in African economic development is to devise a strategy for improving statistical capacity. Reliable statistics, including estimates of economic growth rates and per-capita income, are basic to the operation of governments in developing countries and vital to nongovernmental organizations and other entities that provide financial aid to them. Rich countries and ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • Global Political Economy

    Understanding the International Economic Order

    by Robert G. Gilpin ...
    This book is the eagerly awaited successor to Robert Gilpin's 1987 The Political Economy of International Relations, the classic statement of the field of international political economy that continues to command the attention of students, researchers, and policymakers. The world economy and political system have changed dramatically since the 1987 book was published. The end of the Cold War has ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Affluence and Influence

    Economic Inequality and Political Power in America

    by Martin Gilens ...
    Why policymaking in the United States privileges the rich over the poorCan a country be a democracy if its government only responds to the preferences of the rich? In an ideal democracy, all citizens should have equal influence on government policy—but as this book demonstrates, America's policymakers respond almost exclusively to the preferences of the economically advantaged. Affluence and ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Africa

    Why Economists Get It Wrong

    by Morten Jerven ...
    Series series African Arguments
    'A valuable corrective to the fraying narrative of [African] failure.'Foreign AffairsNot so long ago, Africa was being described as the hopeless continent. Recently, though, talk has turned to Africa rising, with enthusiastic voices exclaiming the potential for economic growth across many of its countries.What, then, is the truth behind Africa's growth, or lack of it? In this provocative book, ... Read more

    $22.19 USD

  • Reclaiming the State

    A Progressive Vision of Sovereignty for a Post-Neoliberal World

    by William Mitchell, Thomas Fazi ...
    The crisis of the neoliberal order has resuscitated a political idea widely believed to be consigned to the dustbin of history. Brexit, the election of Donald Trump, and the neo-nationalist, anti-globalisation and anti-establishment backlash engulfing the West all involve a yearning for a relic of the past: national sovereignty.In response to these challenging times, economist William Mitchell and ... Read more

    $23.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Population and Society

    by Clare Holdsworth, Nissa Finney, Alan Marshall, Paul D Norman ...
    "An excellent introduction to the study of population and its significance for many of the key social, political, cultural and environmental issues facing the world today. It covers population growth, ageing, migration and mobility, parenting, health inequalities, and much more... The authors do not shy away from areas of continuing debate, providing both sides of an argument and encouraging ... Read more

    $69.29 USD