The Development Crisis

Author : Benjamin Selwyn
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780745681061

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The Global Development Crisis by Benjamin Selwyn Pdf

The central paradox of the contemporary world is the simultaneous presence of wealth on an unprecedented scale, and mass poverty. Liberal theory explains the relationship between capitalism and poverty as one based around the dichotomy of inclusion (into capitalism) vs exclusion (from capitalism). Within this discourse, the global capitalist system is portrayed as a sphere of economic dynamism and as a source of developmental opportunities for less developed countries and their populations. Development policy should, therefore, seek to integrate the poor into the global capitalist system. The Global Development Crisis challenges this way of thinking. Through an interrogation of some of the most important political economists of the last two centuries Friedrich List, Karl Marx, Leon Trotsky, Joseph Schumpeter, Alexander Gerschenkron, Karl Polanyi and Amarta Sen, Selwyn argues that class relations are the central cause of poverty and inequality, within and between countries. In contrast to much development thinking, which portrays ‘the poor’ as reliant upon benign assistance, this book advocates the concept of labour-centred development. Here ‘the poor’ are the global labouring classes, and their own collective actions and struggles constitute the basis of an alternative form of non-elitist, bottom-up human development.

Author : Evelyne Huber,John D. Stephens
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780226356495

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Development and Crisis of the Welfare State by Evelyne Huber,John D. Stephens Pdf

Evelyne Huber and John D. Stephens offer the most systematic examination to date of the origins, character, effects, and prospects of generous welfare states in advanced industrial democracies in the post—World War II era. They demonstrate that prolonged government by different parties results in markedly different welfare states, with strong differences in levels of poverty and inequality. Combining quantitative studies with historical qualitative research, the authors look closely at nine countries that achieved high degrees of social protection through different types of welfare regimes: social democratic states, Christian democratic states, and "wage earner" states. In their analysis, the authors emphasize the distribution of influence between political parties and labor movements, and also focus on the underestimated importance of gender as a basis for mobilization. Building on their previous research, Huber and Stephens show how high wages and generous welfare states are still possible in an age of globalization and trade competition.

Author : George Everly, Jr.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1943001146

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The SAFER-R Model by George Everly, Jr. Pdf

Psychological Crisis Intervention: The SAFER-R Model is designed to provide the reader with a simple set of guidelines for the provision of psychological first aid (PFA). The model of psychological first aid (PFA) for individuals presented in this volume is the SAFER-R model developed by the authors. Arguably it is the most widely used tactical model of crisis intervention in the world with roughly 1 million individuals trained in its operational and derivative guidelines. This model of PFA is not a therapy model nor a substitute for therapy. Rather it is designed to help crisis interventionists stabile and mitigate acute crisis reactions in individuals, as opposed to groups. Guidelines for triage and referrals are also provided. Before plunging into the step-by-step guidelines, a brief history and terminological framework is provided. Lastly, recommendations for addressing specific psychological challenges (suicidal ideation, resistance to seeking professional psychological support, and depression) are provided.

Author : José Antonio Alonso,José Antonio Ocampo
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780231504393

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Development Cooperation in Times of Crisis by José Antonio Alonso,José Antonio Ocampo Pdf

Leading governments undertook extraordinary measures to offset the 2008 economic crisis, shoring up financial institutions, stimulating demand to reverse recession, and rebalancing budgets to alleviate sovereign debt. While productive in and of themselves, these solutions were effective because they were coordinated internationally and were matched with sweeping global financial reforms. Unfortunately, coordination has weakened after these initial steps, indicating one of the crisis's adverse effects will be a significant reduction in development cooperation. Urging advanced nations to improve their support for development, the contributors to this volume revisit the causes of the 2008 collapse and the ongoing effects of recession on global and developing economies. They reevaluate the international response to crisis and suggest more effective approaches to development cooperation. Experts on international aid join together to redesign the cooperation system and its governance, so it can accept new actors and better achieve the Millennial Development Goals of 2015 within the context of severe global crisis. In their introduction, José Antonio Alonso and José Antonio Ocampo summarize different chapters and the implications of their analyses, concluding with a frank assessment of global economic imbalance and the ability of increased cooperation to rectify these inequalities.

Author : Michael Redclift
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136880889

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Development and the Environmental Crisis by Michael Redclift Pdf

First published in 1984, Michael Redclift’s book makes the global environmental crisis a central concern of political economy and its structural causes a central concern of environmentalism. Michael Redclift argues that a close analysis of the environmental crisis in the South reveals the importance of the share of resources obtained by different social groups. The development strategies based on the experiences and interests of Western capitalist countries fail to recognise that environmental degradation in the South is a product of inequalities in both global and local economic relations and cannot be solved simply by applying solutions borrowed from environmentalism in the North. The key to understanding the South’s environmental problems lies in the recognition that structural processes – markets, technology, state intervention – are also a determining influence upon the way natural resources are used. Through his review of Europe’s Green Movement, contemporary breakthroughs in biotechnology and information systems and recent feminist discourse, Michael Redclift has enlarged the compass of the environmental debate and produced a book which should serve as a benchmark in future discussions of development and the environment. It will be of importance to students in a range of disciplines, within development studies, geography, ecology and the social sciences.

Author : Tamás Gerőcs,Judit Ricz
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030719876

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The Post-Crisis Developmental State by Tamás Gerőcs,Judit Ricz Pdf

The focus of this volume is on the role of the developmental state in a situation in which a series of major crises affects the (semi-) periphery of the global economy. The authors go beyond the established debate on developmental states in East Asia by highlighting a much broader understanding of development and a very different global economic context. They also further the existing debate by covering new country cases. At the same time, they deepen our perspective on developmental states by looking at unusual sectors such as green industrial policy, education and farming.

Author : Gita Sen,Caren Grown
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134156894

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Development Crises and Alternative Visions by Gita Sen,Caren Grown Pdf

More than half of the world's farmers are women. They are the majority of the poor, the uneducated and are the first to suffer from drought and famine. Yet their subordination is reinforced by well-meaning development policies that perpetuate social inequalities. During the 1975-85 United Nations Decade for the Advancement of Women their position actually worsened. This book analyses three decades of policies towards Third World women. Focusing on global economic and political crises - debt, famine, militarization, fundamentalism - the authors show how women's moves to organize effective strategies for basic survival are central to an understanding of the development process.

Author : Hans-Uwe Otto,Spyridon Pantazis,Holger Ziegler,Antoanneta Potsi
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1137572124

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Human Development in Times of Crisis by Hans-Uwe Otto,Spyridon Pantazis,Holger Ziegler,Antoanneta Potsi Pdf

This book examines human development in times of crisis, and its effect on social justice and democracy, with a focus on the delay in developmental progress caused by the ‘Great Recession’, the worst economic crisis in decades. The book places particular focus on policies of human development. It scrutinizes the philosophical foundations of human development while at the same time analyzing the underlying social, economic and institutional backgrounds which are conductive or limiting with respect of the task of politics of human development in times of crisis. Against this background, the project is concerned with the value added of applying the capabilities approach in order to assess the state and the policies of human development. This book connects demands for programmatic conceptions and social analyses in order to assess the opportunities for more capability-enhancing projects and public policies that aim to help counter the developmental setbacks from the economic crisis, and to enhance the quality of society and social justice.

Author : Rae Lesser Blumberg,Samuel Cohn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317677215

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Development in Crisis by Rae Lesser Blumberg,Samuel Cohn Pdf

Development in Crisis: Threats to human well-being in the Global South and Global North, is a provocative, engaging and interesting collection of real-world case studies in development and globalization focusing on under-emphasized threats to growth and human welfare worldwide. Created by two of America's top development sociologists, it targets undergraduates, graduates, academics and development professionals. Crises such as falling state capacity, declining technological innovation, increasing class inequality and persisting gender inequality are considered, along with their economic and social consequences.

Author : Carlos Geraldo Langoni
Publisher : Ics Press
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0917616944

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The Development Crisis by Carlos Geraldo Langoni Pdf

Author : Atsushi Hanatani,Oscar A. Gómez,Chigumi Kawaguchi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351006804

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Crisis Management Beyond the Humanitarian-Development Nexus by Atsushi Hanatani,Oscar A. Gómez,Chigumi Kawaguchi Pdf

In addressing humanitarian crises, the international community has long understood the need to extend beyond providing immediate relief, and to engage with long-term recovery activities and the prevention of similar crises in the future. However, this continuum from short-term relief to rehabilitation and development has often proved difficult to achieve. This book aims to shed light on the continuum of humanitarian crisis management, particularly from the viewpoint of major bilateral donors and agencies. Focusing on cases of armed conflicts and disasters, the authors describe the evolution of approaches and lessons learnt in practice when moving from emergency relief to recovery and prevention of future crises. Drawing on an extensive research project conducted by the Japan International Cooperation Agency Research Institute, this book compares how a range of international organizations, bilateral cooperation agencies, NGOs, and research institutes have approached the continuum in international humanitarian crisis management. The book draws on six humanitarian crises case studies, each resulting from armed conflict or natural disasters: Timor-Leste, South Sudan, the Syrian crisis, Hurricane Mitch in Honduras, the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia, and Typhoon Yolanda. The book concludes by proposing a common conceptual framework designed to appeal to different stakeholders involved in crisis management. Following on from the World Humanitarian Summit, where a new way of working on the humanitarian-development nexus was highlighted as one of five major priority trends, this book is a timely contribution to the debate which should interest researchers of humanitarian studies, conflict and peace studies, and disaster risk-management.

Author : Jeremiah I. Dibua
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351152907

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Modernization and the Crisis of Development in Africa by Jeremiah I. Dibua Pdf

In this book, Jeremiah I. Dibua challenges prevailing notions of Africa's development crisis by drawing attention to the role of modernization as a way of understanding the nature and dynamics of the crisis, and how to overcome the problem of underdevelopment. He specifically focuses on Nigeria and its development trajectory since it exemplifies the crisis of underdevelopment in the continent. He explores various theoretical and empirical issues involved in understanding the crisis, including state, class, gender and culture, often neglected in analysis, from an interdisciplinary, radical political economy perspective. This is the first book to adopt such an approach and to develop a new framework for analyzing Nigeria's and Africa's development crisis. It will influence the debate on the development dilemma of African and Third World societies and will be of interest to scholars and students of race and ethnicity, modern African history, class analysis, gender studies, and development studies.

Author : Carlos Geraldo Langoni
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1558150285

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The Development Crisis by Carlos Geraldo Langoni Pdf

Author : Ashwini Deshpande,Keith Nurse
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136315138

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The Global Economic Crisis and the Developing World by Ashwini Deshpande,Keith Nurse Pdf

The world economy is currently in the throes of a global economic crisis reminiscent of the great depressions of the 1930s and the 1870s. As back then, the crisis has exposed the major structural imbalances in financial and credit markets in addition to global trade forcing many governments, developed and developing, to impose debilitating austerity measures that are exacerbating the structural weaknesses that caused the crisis in the first place. This volume offers historical insights into the origins of the contemporary crisis as well as detailed analyses of the financial and trade dimensions, an assessment of the technological and innovation context along with perspectives on the implications for unemployment and gender imbalances.

Author : Doctor Edgar Pieterse
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781848136274

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City Futures by Doctor Edgar Pieterse Pdf

Cities are the future. In the past two decades, a global urban revolution has taken place, mainly in the South. The 'mega-cities' of the developing world are home to over 10 million people each and even smaller cities are experiencing unprecedented population surges. The problems surrounding this influx of people - slums, poverty, unemployment and lack of governance - have been well-documented. This book is a powerful indictment of the current consensus on how to deal with these challenges. Pieterse argues that the current 'shelter for all' and 'urban good governance' policies treat only the symptoms, not the causes of the problem. Instead, he claims, there is an urgent need to reinvigorate civil society in these cities, to encourage radical democracy, economic resilience, social resistance and environmental sustainability folded into the everyday concerns of marginalised people. Providing a dynamic picture of a cosmopolitan urban citizenship, this book is an essential guide to one of the new century's greatest challenges.