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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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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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Ledbyan editor team of UNRISD researchers, experts focus on the social and political dimensions of the 2007/8 global crisis from the perspective of developing countries

Author Biography

CAMILA ARZA Research fellow at the Latin American School of Social Sciences and CONICET, ArgentinaARINDAM BANERJEE Consultant at the Research and Information System in Developing Countries, New Delhi, IndiaBJÖRN BECKMAN Professor in the Department of Political Science, Stockholm University, SwedenSARAH COOK Director of UNRISD, SwitzerlandBOB DEACON Professor of International Social Policy at the University of Sheffield, UK, and Senior Research Fellow at the United Nations Centre for Regional Integration in Bruges, BelgiumANDREW DOWNES Professor of Economics and Director of Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES), University of the West Indies, BarbadosDIANE ELSON Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex, UKBEN FINE Professor of Economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UKANDREW FISCHER Senior Lecturer of Population and Social Policy at the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in The Hague, The NetherlandsINDIRA HIRWAY Director and Professor of Economics at the Centre for Development Alternatives, IndiaBOB JESSOP Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the Cultural Political Economy Research Centre at Lancaster University, UKGOVIND KELKAR Senior Analyst at the Programme and Research of the Economic Empowerment Unit, UN Women, South Asia Office, New Delhi; and Gender Advisor at ICRISAT, Hyderabad, IndiaDEV NATHAN Visiting Professor at the Institute for Human Development, New Delhi,India; and Visiting Fellow at Duke University, Durham, USASEETA PRABHU Senior Advisor at the United Nations Development Programme, IndiaYING YU Research fellow at the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies, University of Nottingham, UK

Table of Contents

Overview: The Global Crisis and Transformative Social Change; P.Utting, S.Razavi & R.V.Buchholz Narratives of Crisis and Crisis Response: Perspectives from North and South; B.Jessop The Perils of Paradigm Maintenance in the Face of Crisis; A.M.Fischer Social Reproduction in the Global Crisis: Rapid Recovery or Long-Lasting Depletion?; D.Elson Shifting Global Social Policy Discourse and Governance in Times of Crisis; B.Deacon Financialization and Social Policy; B.Fine Policy Change in Turbulent Times: The Nationalization of Private Pensions in Argentina; C.Arza Rebounding from Crisis: The Role and Limits of Social Policy in China's Recovery; S.Cook The Global Economic Crisis and Labour Markets in the Small States of the Caribbean; A.S.Downes From Agrarian Crisis to Global Economic Crisis: Neoliberalism and the Indian Peasantry; A.Banerjee Restructuring Development to Address the Global Financial Crisis: Lessons from India; I.Hirway & S.Prabhu A Political Economy Analysis of Crisis Response: Reflections on India and Thailand; D.Nathan & G.Kelkar Trade Unions and the Politics of Crisis; B.Beckman Chinese Migrant Workers in the Global Financial Crisis: Government and Stakeholder Interactions; Y.Yu

Review

'This important collection opens up questions ignored by mainstream debates about international economic policy. It goes beyond the impact of the 2008 financial crisis on developing countries and on poor people to examine the politics that generate transformative change in policy thinking, and whether these developments have begun to challenge the legitimacy of neoliberal economic policy.' Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Professor of International Affairs, The New School,USA'This is a definitive contribution to the literature on the 2008 financial crisis. Covering an impressive range of critical issues - from the structural changes triggered by the crisis to shifts in discourse on the unstable nature of capitalist economies and the scope for policy responses - we will find ourselves returning to it time and again to clarify our thinking on the crisis and its far-reaching consequences.' James Heintz, Associate Director, Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts, USA'Offering a varied set of analyses, assessing both actual policy responses to the 2008 financial crisis in the Global South and the breadth of debates stimulated by the crisis, this volume provides a sober, well-grounded and constructive alternative to current austerity-obsessed policy debates.' Peter Brandt Evans, Professor of Sociology, University of California, USA

Long Description

Global crises not only 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 contributes to the global debate about the substance and politics of policy change three years into the 2007/8 crisis. It examines the challenges and dynamics involved from the perspective of development and developing countries. In doing so it engages with some of the most pressing and contested issues. To what extent does the crisis provide an opportunity for moving away from the doctrines and policies that reinforced inequality and vulnerability? What new directions in policy, especially social policy, are required, and are developing countries moving in such directions? Are social forces and political coalitions supportive of transformative change able to mobilize? While the political underpinnings of policy change conducive to social reform - contestation, social mobilization and coalition politics - are energized in the context of crises, the nature of demands and the responsiveness of elites can vary considerably.

Review Quote

"This important collection opens up questions ignored by mainstream debates about international economic policy. It goes beyond the impact of the 2008 financial crisis on developing countries and on poor people to examine the politics that generate transformative change in policy thinking, and whether these developments have begun to challenge the legitimacy of neoliberal economic policy." Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Professor of International Affairs, The New School,USA "This is a definitive contribution to the literature on the 2008 financial crisis. Covering an impressive range of critical issues - from the structural changes triggered by the crisis to shifts in discourse on the unstable nature of capitalist economies and the scope for policy responses - we will find ourselves returning to it time and again to clarify our thinking on the crisis and its far-reaching consequences." James Heintz, Associate Director, Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts, USA"Offering a varied set of analyses, assessing both actual policy responses to the 2008 financial crisis in the Global South and the breadth of debates stimulated by the crisis, this volume provides a sober, well-grounded and constructive alternative to current austerity-obsessed policy debates." Peter Brandt Evans, Professor of Sociology, University of California, USA

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Details ISBN023029782X Short Title GLOBAL CRISIS & TRANSFORMATIVE Language English ISBN-10 023029782X ISBN-13 9780230297821 Media Book Format Hardcover Pages 289 Year 2012 Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Place of Publication Basingstoke Country of Publication United Kingdom UK Release Date 2012-03-02 AU Release Date 2012-03-02 NZ Release Date 2012-03-02 Edited by R. Varghese Buchholz Author R. Varghese Buchholz Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Series International Political Economy Series Publication Date 2012-03-02 Alternative 9781349334186 DEWEY 320.609172409051 Illustrations XVI, 289 p. Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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