Imperial Nature: The World Bank and Struggles for Social Justice in the Age of Globalization (Yale Agrarian Studies Series) by Yale University Press $42.00
Why is the World Bank so successful? How has it gained power even at moments in history when it seemed likely to fall? This pathbreaking book is the first close examination of the inner workings of the Bank, the foundations of its achievements, its propensity for intensifying the problems it intends to cure, and its remarkable ability to tame criticism and extend its own reach.Michael Goldman...
The Globalizers: The Imf, the World Bank, and Their Borrowers (Cornell Studies in Money) by Cornell University Press $19.95
The IMF and the World Bank have integrated a large number of countries into the world economy by requiring governments to open up to global trade, investment, and capital. They have not done this out of pure economic zeal. Politics and their own rules and habits explain much of why they have presented globalization as a solution to challenges they have faced in the world economy.from the...
The Struggle for Accountability: The World Bank, NGOs, and Grassroots Movements (Global Environmental Accord: Strategies for Sustainability and Institutional Innovation) by Jonathan A Fox $45.00
After a history of funding environmentally costly megaprojects, the World Bank now claims that it is trying to become a leading force for sustainable development. For more than a decade, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and grassroots movements have formed transnational coalitions to reform the World Bank and the governments...
The Birth of Development: How the World Bank, Food And Agriculture Organization, And World Health Organization Have Changed the World 1945-1965 (New Studies in U.S. Foreign Relations) by Kent State Univ Pr $55.00
(New Studies in U.S. Foreign Relations)A comprehensive examination of economic globalizationFocused on the creation and evolution of post-1945 internationalist ideology, The Birth of Development highlights efforts to diffuse the destructive role of the nation-state in world affairs by constructing truly international organizations with global agendas--the World Bank, the Food and Agriculture...
The World Bank: From Reconstruction to Development to Equity by Routledge $26.95
The World Bank is one of the most important and least understood major international institutions. This book provides a concise, accessible and comprehensive overview of the World Bank's history, development, structure, functionality and activities. These themes are illustrated with a wide variety of case studies drawn from the Bank's international activities. Also discussed are the...
Breaking the Conflict Trap: Civil War and Development Policy (Policy Research Reports) by Oxford University Press, USA $29.95
Civil wars attract much less attention than international wars but they are becoming increasingly common and typically go on for years. Where development succeeds, countries become progressively safer from violent conflict, making subsequent development easier. Where development fails countries can become trapped in a vicious circle: war wrecks the economy and increases the risk of further war....
Faith And Credit: The World Bank's Secular Empire by Westview Press $69.00
In its fifty years of existence, the World Bank has influenced more lives in the Third World than any other institution, yet it remains largely unknown, even enigmatic. Although it claims to be a purely economic institution, the Bank wields enormous political power and has succeeded in making its own view of development appear to be the norm.In this richly illuminating and lively overview, Susan...
Capitalism, Not Globalism: Capital Mobility, Central Bank Independence, and the Political Control of the Economy (Michigan Studies in International Political Economy) by University of Michigan Press $26.95
Capitalism, Not Globalism shows that, while much has been made of recent changes in the international economy, the mechanisms by which politicians control the economy have not changed throughout the postwar period. Challenging both traditional and revisionist globalization theorists, William Roberts Clark argues that increased financial integration has led to neither a widening nor a narrowing of...
Vandals' Crown: How Rebel Currency Traders Overthrew the World's Central Banks by Audioworks $17.00
The Vandals' Crown paints a vivid picture of the band of international money masters who have broken down the walls that used to separate national economies and financial markets. Includes exclusive updated material. 2 cassettes.