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James H. Mittelman, Mustapha Kamal Pasha

Development may be best understood in terms of the interplay among capital accumulation, the state and class. Subject to globalizing structures, classes are examined in light of their interactions with culture, especially gender, religion, and ecology. Case studies about Brazil, the newly industrializing Asian countries, China, and Mozambique reveal three possibilities for overcoming underdevelopment by joining, leaving or weaving through global capitalism. The conclusions do not fail to present specificprinciples upon which policies can be based.

Theodore H. Moran, Edward M. Graham, Magnus Blomstrom

What is the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on development? The answer is important for the lives of millions151; if not billions151; of workers, families, and communities in the developing world. The answer is crucial for policymakers in developing and developed countries, and in multilateral agencies. This volume gathers together the cutting edge of new research on FDI and host country economic performance and presents the most sophisticated critiques of current and past inquiries. It probes the limits of what can be determined from available evidence and from innovative investigative techniques. In addition, the book presents new results, concludes with an analysis of the implications for contemporary policy debates, and proposeds new avenues for future research.

Peter H. Lindert

Taxes and transfers have been debated for centuries, but only recently are we able to see the total picture of the evolution of social spending. This book examines the question of whether social policies that redistribute income impose constraints on economic growth. Peter Lindert argues that, contrary to the intuition of many economists and the ideology of many politicians, social spending has contributed to, rather than inhibited, economic growth. Also Available...Growing Public, Volume 1: The Story

Claude Ake

Despite three decades of preoccupations with development in Africa, the economies of most African nations are still-stagnating or regressing.

Peter Konecny

This book examines aspects of life in St. Petersburg, Russia's second-largest city, in the early years of Russia's transformation from a Communist state to a democracy. Social relations, economics and street life in St. Petersburg changed drastically during the early 1990s. The author provides a fascinating sketch of changes to the consumer culture and the new landscape of capitalism in St. Petersburg, cultural currents in the city, changing social behaviour, and lingering tensions between old bureaucratic ways and new rules and regulations.

Ralf Boscheck

This book clarifies, integrates and applies diverse perspectives to salient issues of governance and presents them in an accessible manner. It will be an invaluable contribution to this field.

Giorgio Boggio

Thomas Princen, Michael Maniates, Ken Conca

Comforting terms such as "sustainable development" and "green production" frame environmental debate by stressing technology (not green enough), economic growth (not enough in the right places), and population (too large). Concern about consumption emerges, if at all, in benign ways--as calls for green purchasing or more recycling, or for small changes in production processes. Many academics, policymakers, and journalists, in fact, accept the economists view of consumption as nothing less than the purpose of the economy. Yet many people have a troubled, intuitive understanding that tinkering at the margins of production and purchasing will not put society on an ecologically and socially sustainable path. Confronting Consumption placesconsumption at the center of debate by conceptualizing "the consumption problem" and documenting diverse efforts to confront it. In Part 1, the book frames consumption as a problem of political and ecological economy, emphasizing core...

Linda Low, Douglas M. Johnston