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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “valpy fitzgerald”
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  • Overcoming the Persistence of Inequality and Poverty

    by Valpy FitzGerald, Judith Heyer ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    International experts evaluate new policy directions in economic development and poverty reduction, building on the ideas of a pioneer in the new discipline of Development Studies, Frances Stewart. Combing ideas and evidence on technological change, human development and conflict prevention to address the issue of the persistence of inequality ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • Basic Income

    A Transformative Policy for India

    by Mr Sarath Davala, Renana Jhabvala, Prof. Guy Standing, Soumya Kapoor Mehta ...
    This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.Would it be possible to provide people with a basic income as a right? The idea has a long history. This book draws on two pilot schemes conducted in the Indian State of Madhya Pradesh, in which thousands of men, women and children were provided with an unconditional ... Read more

    $28.19 USD

  • Economics in the Twenty-First Century

    A Critical Perspective

    by Robert Chernomas, Ian Hudson ...
    Series series UTP Insights
    Economics has always been nicknamed the “dismal science,” but today the field seems a little more dismal than usual as governments, social movements, and even students complain that the discipline is failing to make sense of the major economic problems of the day.In Economics in the Twenty-First Century, Robert Chernomas and Ian Hudson demonstrate how today’s top young economists continue to lead ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Reimagineering the Nation

    Essays on Twenty-First-Century Sweden

    Edited by Aleksandra Ålund, Carl-Ulrik Schierup, Anders Neergaard ...
    Series Book 4 - Political and Social Change
    This collection of essays offers a critical analysis of neoliberal transformation as it has unfolded in Sweden, long regarded as exemplary in terms of social welfare, equality and an inclusive multicultural democracy. The book presents a multidisciplinary exposition on Sweden, seen in a wider European perspective. It addresses changing frameworks of citizenship, welfare and democracy, migration ... Read more

    $84.79 USD

  • The Logic of Charity

    Great Expectations in Hard Times

    by Beth Breeze, J. Mohan ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    What is charity? How does it operate, who does it benefit and what should we expect it to do? This important book helps to tackle the most common misunderstandings and misconceptions of charitable activity in contemporary British society, especially insofar as these affect the thinking of politicians and policymakers. The authors present and discuss over a dozen studies, including public attitudes ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Knowledge Actors and Transnational Governance

    The Private-Public Policy Nexus in the Global Agora

    by D. Stone ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Diane Stone addresses the network alliances or partnerships of international organisations with knowledge organisations and networks. Moving beyond more common studies of industrial public-private partnerships, she addresses how, and why, international organisations and global policy actors need to incorporate ideas, expertise and scientific opinion into their 'global programmes'. Rather than ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • The Political Economy of Microfinance

    Financializing Poverty

    by Philip Mader ...
    Series series Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy
    According to the author, rather than alleviating poverty, microfinance financialises poverty. By indebting poor people in the Global South, it drives financial expansion and opens new lands of opportunity for the crisis-ridden global capital markets. This book raises fundamental concerns about this widely-celebrated tool for social development. ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

  • Democracy, Civil Society and Health in India

    by Madhavi Gupta, Pushkar ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    India's health failures remain visible and pronounced despite high rates of economic growth since the 1980s and more than six decades of democratic rule. The authors address the key issues that emerge from the country's health situation, speculating on what it will take for low-income groups to begin claiming for better social services ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • European Union Civil Society Policy and Turkey

    A Bridge Too Far?

    by O. Zihnioglu ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Drawing on interviews with Civil Society organizations and in conjunction with an examination of EU Civil Society Policy and the legal and institutional environment in Turkey this book examines EU policies on Turkish Civil Society organizations and highlights the significant constraints and limited impacts of these policies. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Strengthening Local Governance in Bangladesh

    Reforms, Participation and Accountability

    by Shuvra Chowdhury, Pranab Kumar Panday ...
    Series Book 8 - Public Administration, Governance and Globalization
    This book explores the impact of Bangladesh's Local Government Act of 2009 on the functioning of the local governments or Union Parishads (UP), with a particular emphasis on people’s participation and accountability. Throughout the chapters, the authors review the existing legal framework of UP and its relation to social accountability, examine how much of the social participation is spontaneous ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The World Bank and Transferring Development

    Policy Movement through Technical Assistance

    by Adrian Robert Bazbauers ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book analyses the World Bank’s provision of technical assistance from 1946 to the present day. It argues that the relational dynamics between technical assistance provider and recipient affects the legitimacy of policy norms travelling from the ‘international’ to the ‘domestic’. Beginning from the constructivist position that ‘development’ is a social construct, the author contends that ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Cost of Development in China

    by Guangyu Hu ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book focuses on the future of China and its sustainable development, and summarizes the implications, forms, causes, countermeasures and related rules of the main costs generated during a country’s period of development, so as to provide a theoretical reference and decision-making consulting tools for institutions and scientific governance and management professionals.Combining China’s ... Read more

    $107.09 USD