Описание: This volume explores the challenges and the opportunities created by the rapid growth of `telematics`. The authors explore the differing responses of Europe and of the developing world.
Looking beneath the surface of seemingly ordinary social interactions, The Moral Power of Money investigates the forces of power and morality at play, particularly among the poor. Drawing on fieldwork in a slum of Buenos Aires, Ariel Wilkis argues that money is a critical symbol used to negotiate not only material possessions, but also the political, economic, class, gender, and generational bonds between people.
Through vivid accounts of the stark realities of life in Villa Olimpia, Wilkis highlights the interplay of money, morality, and power. Drawing out the theoretical implications of these stories, he proposes a new concept of moral capital based on different kinds, or "pieces," of money. Each chapter covers a different "piece"—money earned from the informal and illegal economies, money lent through family and market relations, money donated with conditional cash transfers, political money that binds politicians and their supporters, sacrificed money offered to the church, and safeguarded money used to support people facing hardships. This book builds an original theory of the moral sociology of money, providing the tools for understanding the role money plays in social life today.
Описание: Inequalities of wealth and income have a significant impact for the achievement of economic, political and human development in developing counties. This book argues that a high level of economic inequality undermines a country`s growth potential, retards the development of social capital, and encourages corruption.
Автор: Rodan Garry Название: Participation without Democracy ISBN: 1501720112 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781501720116 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 5010.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Over the past quarter century new ideologies of participation and representation have proliferated across democratic and non-democratic regimes. In Participation without Democracy, Garry Rodan breaks new conceptual ground in examining the social forces that underpin the emergence of these innovations in Southeast Asia. Rodan explains that there is, however, a central paradox in this recalibration of politics: expanded political participation is serving to constrain contestation more than to enhance it.
Participation without Democracy uses Rodan’s long-term fieldwork in Singapore, the Philippines, and Malaysia to develop a modes of participation (MOP) framework that has general application across different regime types among both early-developing and late-developing capitalist societies. His MOP framework is a sophisticated, original, and universally relevant way of analyzing this phenomenon. Rodan uses MOP and his case studies to highlight important differences among social and political forces over the roles and forms of collective organization in political representation. In addition, he identifies and distinguishes hitherto neglected non-democratic ideologies of representation and their influence within both democratic and authoritarian regimes. Participation without Democracy suggests that to address the new politics that both provokes these institutional experiments and is affected by them we need to know who can participate, how, and on what issues, and we need to take the non-democratic institutions and ideologies as seriously as the democratic ones.
Автор: De Melo Jaime Название: Developing Countries In The World Economy ISBN: 9814494895 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789814494892 Издательство: World Scientific Publishing Рейтинг: Цена: от 25194.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть
Описание: Differences In The Choices Of Trade And Macro Policies, Both By Developing Countries And By Developed Countries Towards Developing Countries, Have Been Critical In Determining The Overall Performance Of Developing Countries. All Too Often, The Performance Of Developing Countries Has Not Been Assessed Using Appropriately Conducted Studies. The Papers In This Book Are Chosen To Bridge This Gap And Show How A Quantitative Approach To Policy Evaluation Can Help Resolve Controversies And Explain The Choice Of Observed Policies.The Book Brings Together Carefully Selected Papers That Assess The Impacts Of Various Trade And Macro Policies, By Quantifying The Policies Of Developing Countries At The Macro Level (Exchange Rate, Investment, Savings) And At The Sector Level (Trade And Industrial Policies), In Addition To Policies Of Developed Countries Towards Developing Countries (Trade Preferences, Quotas, Vers And Migration Policies). Facets Of The Political Economy Of Trade, Migration, And Climate Policies Are Explored (Such As The Enlargement Of The Eu, The Rise Of Regionalism And How It Can Ease The Pains Of Adjustment To Trade Liberalization, Openness And Inequality). Growing Tensions Between Trade And The Environment Are Also Investigated. In Short, This Book Covers A Wide Area Of Events Ranging From External And Internal Shocks To External And Internal Policies, Showing How The Consequences Of These Events Can Be Brought To Rigorous Quantitative Analysis.
Автор: Barrientos Название: Social Assistance in Developing Countries ISBN: 1107562600 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107562608 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5069.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book provides the first comprehensive account of the global growth of social assistance transfers in developing countries. It explains the emergence of programmes such as Brazil`s Bolsa Familia, India`s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and South Africa`s Child Support Grant, and examines their potential to address global poverty.
In Ideas and Institutions, Kathryn Sikkink illuminates a key question in contemporary political economy: What power do ideas wield in the world of politics and policy? Sikkink traces the effects of one enormously influential set of ideas, developmentalism, on the two largest economies in Latin America, Brazil and Argentina.
Introduced under the intellectual leadership of Ra?l Prebisch at the U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America, developmentalism was embraced as national policy in many postwar developing economies. Drawing upon extensive archival research and interviews, Sikkink explores the adoption, implementation, and consolidation of the developmentalist model of economic policy in Brazil and Argentina in the 1950s and 1960s, focusing on the governments of Juscelino Kubitschek and Arturo Frondizi, respectively.
In accounting for the initial decision to adopt developmentalist policies in Latin America and the persistence of the policy package in the region, she highlights the importance of political and economic ideas, the comparative effects of different national institutions, and the variable ability of political leaders to mobilize resources and support.
Автор: Taghdisi-Rad Название: The Political Economy of Aid in Palestine ISBN: 1138862983 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138862982 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7042.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Despite for many years receiving the highest per capita aid worldwide, the economies of the West Bank and Gaza Strip have failed to achieve any lasting developmental outcomes and suffer from major weaknesses which undermine their very survival. This book argues that the dominant, mainstream approach to the study of aid and aid effectiveness is theoretically and empirically inadequate for a comprehensive understanding and analysis of the workings of aid in developing countries, particularly those undergoing conflict. This book examines the nature of donor operations in Palestine, highlighting the political and ideological determinants of aid allocation and effectiveness, and focussing on the role of trade-related donor assistance in Palestine, more commonly known as Aid for Trade. It discusses how such trade-related assistance is only another instance of donors working ‘around’ the conflict, as opposed to taking it into account; and how aid to Palestine cannot bring about significant improvement as long as the Palestinian economy is fundamentally affected by Israeli occupation, settlements and blockade. It argues that unless restructured and more carefully targeted, aid can only act as a temporary relief mechanism. Furthermore, the book sheds light on critical areas within Palestinian territories that are in need of development and require significant and immediate attention at both national and international level.
Автор: Nayyar Deepak Название: Catch Up: Developing Countries in the World Economy ISBN: 0198784759 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198784753 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4988.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book is about the evolution of developing countries in the world economy situated in its wider historical context, spanning centuries, but with a focus on the period since the mid-twentieth century. It traces the rise and `catch up` of the developing world and the shift in the balance of power in the world economy.
Looking beneath the surface of seemingly ordinary social interactions, The Moral Power of Money investigates the forces of power and morality at play, particularly among the poor. Drawing on fieldwork in a slum of Buenos Aires, Ariel Wilkis argues that money is a critical symbol used to negotiate not only material possessions, but also the political, economic, class, gender, and generational bonds between people.
Through vivid accounts of the stark realities of life in Villa Olimpia, Wilkis highlights the interplay of money, morality, and power. Drawing out the theoretical implications of these stories, he proposes a new concept of moral capital based on different kinds, or "pieces," of money. Each chapter covers a different "piece"—money earned from the informal and illegal economies, money lent through family and market relations, money donated with conditional cash transfers, political money that binds politicians and their supporters, sacrificed money offered to the church, and safeguarded money used to support people facing hardships. This book builds an original theory of the moral sociology of money, providing the tools for understanding the role money plays in social life today.
Автор: Murat A. Y?lek; Travis K. Taylor Название: Designing Public Procurement Policy in Developing Countries ISBN: 1489998802 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781489998804 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 16769.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book presents strategies for developing countries to shift demand for manufactured imports into a tool for technology transfer, enhancing absorption capacity and development. Also shows how national procurement policy can assist technological development.
Автор: James K. Boyce Название: The Philippines ISBN: 0333558545 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333558546 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 25853.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book analyzes the Philippine economy from the 1960s to the 1980s. Tracing this outcome to the country`s economic and political structure, Professor Boyce focuses upon three central elements of the government`s development strategy: the `green revolution` in rice agriculture;
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