-- Examines why southern states are still experiencing mass poverty after over sixty years of 'development' -- Sarah Bracking explores the role of governments and development finance institutions in managing the markets in which the poorest countries operate. These institutions -- the 'Great Predators' -- are trapping the populations of the south in a permanent cycle of austerity. Bracking examines the political ecomy relations between states. She shows how pseudo-public 'development' institutions retain complete ecomic control over Southern markets, yet the international system is itself unregulated. Operating in the interests of North America and the European Union, they have a political purpose, and yet serve to cloud the brute power relations between states. This book will be of interest to anyone studying debt and development, global financial institutions, and the way the world ecomy is regulated and governed.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Pluto Press
ISBN-10
0745320120
ISBN-13
9780745320120
eBay Product ID (ePID)
104357164
Product Key Features
Author
Sarah Bracking
Format
Hardback, Library Binding
Language
English
Subject
Economics: Textbooks & Study Guides
Type
Textbook
Dimensions
Weight
408g
Height
215mm
Width
135mm
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
London
Spine
20mm
Series Title
Third World in Global Politics
Content Note
7 Figures
Author Biography
Sarah Bracking is a Senior Lecturer in Politics and Development at the University of Manchester. She is the editor of Corruption and Development (2007) and a member of the Review of African Political Economy editorial working group.