books about: neoliberal     books:     Neoliberal      The Aid Effect: Ethnographies of Development Practice and Neo-liberal Reform (Anthropology, Culture and ... Pluto Press, 2005 Today international development policy is converging around ideas of neoliberal reform, democratisation and poverty reduction. What does this mean for the local and international dimensions of aid relationships? The Aid Effect demonstrates the fruitfulness of an ethnographic approach to aid, policy reform and global governance. The ...             The Neoliberal City: Governance, Ideology, and Development in American Urbanism Jason Hackworth Cornell University Press, 2006 The shift in the ideological winds toward a "free-market" economy has brought profound effects in urban areas. The Neoliberal City presents an overview of the effect of these changes on today's cities. The term "neoliberalism" was originally used in reference to a set of practices that first-world institutions like the IMF and World Bank impose on ...             The Age of Oprah: Cultural Icon for the Neoliberal Era (Media and Power) Janice Peck Paradigm Publishers, 2008 Over the last two decades Oprah Winfrey's journey has taken her from talk show queen to, as Time Magazine has asserted, one of the most important figures in popular culture. Through her talk show, magazine, website, seminars, charity work, and public appearances, her influence in the social, economic, and political arenas of American life is ...             Bewitching Development: Witchcraft and the Reinvention of Development in Neoliberal Kenya (Chicago Studies in ... James Howard Smith University Of Chicago Press, 2008 These days, development inspires scant trust in the West. For critics who condemn centralized efforts to plan African societies as latter day imperialism, such plans too closely reflect their roots in colonial rule and neoliberal economics. But proponents of this pessimistic view often ignore how significant this concept has become for Africans ...             Barrio Dreams: Puerto Ricans, Latinos, and the Neoliberal City Arlene Dávila University of California Press, 2004 Brilliant Scholarship! Arlene Davila's BARRIO DREAMS is simply amazing. It grapples with the diversification of New York's Latino population, asking important questions about community solidarity and alliances. The final chapter on Mexican immigration to El Barrio is especially ...             Governing China's Population: From Leninist to Neoliberal Biopolitics Susan Greenhalgh, Edwin Winckler Stanford University Press, 2005 China?s giant project in social engineering has drawn worldwide attention, both because of its coercive enforcement of strict birth limits, and because of the striking changes that have occurred in China?s population: one of the fastest fertility declines in modern history and a gender gap among infants that is the highest in the world. These ...             Global Shadows: Africa in the Neoliberal World Order James Ferguson Duke University Press, 2006 Ecellent book I love this book Writing style is amazing and the information is inspiring I recommend this book 100%             The Worlding Project: Doing Cultural Studies in the Era of Globalization North Atlantic Books, 2007 Globalization discourse now presumes that the ?world space? is entirely at the mercy of market norms and forms promulgated by reactionary U.S. policies. An academic but accessible set of studies, this wide range of essays by noted scholars challenges this paradigm with diverse and strong arguments. Taking on topics that range from the medieval ...             Neo-liberal Genetics: The Myths and Moral Tales of Evolutionary Psychology Susan McKinnon Prickly Paradigm Press, 2006 fantastic, honest and sourced A short, devastating book that takes on the "conventional wisdom" of evolutionary psychology as presented by Steven Pinker and his acolytes (as well as, increasingly, in the popular press and among the generally educated.) McKinnon is a fantastic writer, very clear, ...             Mas Que Un Indio (more Than An India): Racial Ambivalence And The Paradox Of Neoliberal... (Resident Scholar) Charles R. Hale School of American Research Press, 2006 Más que un indio: "More than an Indian." Two decades ago, the phrase expressed a common-sense prescription for upward mobility in a racist society: to better themselves, Indians had to abandon their culture and identity. Ironically, today it captures the predicament of ladinos, members of Guatemala?s dominant culture. In the 1990s, Maya people ...             Social Democracy in Neoliberal Times: The Left and Economic Policy since 1980 Oxford University Press, USA, 2001 Never has the Left held power in so many advanced economies, yet this has had little effect on economic policy. This book examines the successes and failures of govenments in Europe and Australia to chart distinctive courses in the face of neoliberal backlash against state intervention, the welfare state, and guaranteed full employment.             Taking Southeast Asia to Market: Commodities, Nature, and People in the Neoliberal Age Cornell University Press, 2008 much needed book those of us who study globalization and the environment, and teach it, have been suggesting recently that we need a new way to look at neoliberalism and nature and its intersection with people, communities, and places. The chapters in this book do that by looking at ...             Crossing the Neoliberal Line: Pacific Rim Migration and the Metropolis (Place, Culture, and Politics) Katharyne Mitchell Temple University Press, 2004 As wealthy immigrants from Hong Kong began to settle in Vancouver, British Columbia, their presence undid a longstanding liberal consensus that defined politics and spatial inequality there. Riding the currents of a neoliberal wave, these immigrants became the center of vigorous public controversies around planning, home building, ...             The New Development Economics: Post Washington Consensus Neoliberal Thinking Zed Books, 2005 Excellent radical discussion of development economics Fine & Jomo's collection "The New Development Economics" addresses directly the post-Washington consensus on its merits, as well as describing the change from the Washington consensus to its new form, and the differences in content between the two. It is assessed to ...             Cultural Citizenship: Cosmopolitanism, Consumerism, and Television in a Neoliberal Age Toby Miller Temple University Press, 2006          products you might be interested in search for books anthropology, biopolitics, cosmopolitanism, ethnographies, evolutionary, globalization      toavi.com    web we recommend Brilliant Scholarship! randomly chosen book: The Promise of Narrative Theology