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IMPERIAL NATURE: THE WORLD BANK AND STRUGGLES FOR SOCIAL By Michael Goldman
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- Subject Area
- Business & Economics, History
- Book Title
- Imperial Nature: The World Bank and Struggles for Social Justice
- ISBN-10
- 0300104081
- ISBN
- 9780300104080
- Publication Name
- Imperial Nature : the World Bank and Struggles for Social Justice in the Age of Globalization
- Item Length
- 8.2 in
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Subject
- International / Economics, General
- Series
- Yale Agrarian Studies Ser.
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 2.7 in
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Item Weight
- 19.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 384 Pages
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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 takes us inside World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C., and then to Bank project sites around the globe. He explains how projects funded by the Bank really work and why community activists struggle against the World Bank and its brand of development. Goldman looks at recent ventures in areas such as the environment, human rights, and good governance and reveals howdespite its poor track recordthe World Bank has acquired greater authority and global power than ever before.The book sheds new light on the World Bank s role in increasing global inequalities and considers why it has become the central target for anti-globalization movements worldwide. For anyone concerned about globalization and social justice, "Imperial Nature "is" "essential reading."
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Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-10
0300104081
ISBN-13
9780300104080
eBay Product ID (ePID)
44411963
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Imperial Nature : the World Bank and Struggles for Social Justice in the Age of Globalization
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
International / Economics, General
Series
Yale Agrarian Studies Ser.
Publication Year
2005
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Business & Economics, History
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Height
2.7 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Item Weight
19.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
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2005-924720
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Hg3881.5.W57
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"Highly original and insightful, Goldman reveals how countries are pushed backwards instead of forwards in the name of ''development.''"-Naomi Klein, author of No Logo, " Michael Goldman's brilliant book will be widely read, admired, and quoted. Many ships will sail in its wake." -- James C. Scott, Yale University, """Imperial Nature offers novel insights into the Bank's methods of valuing nature and orchestrating technologies of governance to legitimize its development regime. Rich case studies, interwoven with intriguing biographies of developers and resisters, ground this engaging account of the Bank's unrivalled, and yet always fragile, power to produce and monopolize development knowledge."-Philip McMichael, Cornell University """, " We have grown accustomed to indictments of the World Bank for the devastation it has wrought, but Goldman goes several steps further. Opening up the Bank and its projects to the ethnographic eye he shows not only how environmental catastrophes occur but also how the Bank responds to those catastrophes with an ever more insidious regulation, by creating new knowledges, absorbing opposition, and refabricating states-all in the name of protecting the environment. Grassroots opposition may mount but the Bank's overarching hegemony is strengthened. A must-read for anyone interested in the role of global agencies in development. "-Michael Burawoy, University of California, Berkeley, "Imperial Nature offers novel insights into the Bank�s methods of valuing nature and orchestrating technologies of governance to legitimize its development regime. Rich case studies, interwoven with intriguing biographies of developers and resisters, ground this engaging account of the Bank�s unrivalled, and yet always fragile, power to produce and monopolize development knowledge."�Philip McMichael, Cornell University, "In this compelling book, Michael Goldman offers powerful new insights into how the World Bank has emerged as one of the most important sites of knowledge production in the world today. Yet by chronicling the practices and processes through which such knowledges become authoritative-and how they shift under pressure-the book also contributes to the possibilities for more politically enabling alternatives."-Gillian Hart, University of California at Berkeley and author of Disabling Globalization: Places of Power in Post-Apartheid South Africa, "Imperial Nature offersnovel insights into the Bank's methods of valuing nature and orchestrating technologies of governance to legitimize its development regime. Rich case studies, interwoven with intriguing biographies of developers and resisters, ground this engaging account of the Bank's unrivalled, and yet always fragile, power to produce and monopolize development knowledge."-Philip McMichael, Cornell University, "Michael Goldman's brilliant book will be widely read, admired, and quoted. Many ships will sail in its wake."-James C. Scott, Yale University, "Anyone puzzled by why globalization is increasing poverty and destitution in poor countries should read Imperial Nature. Through detailed research Goldman shows how the secretive unaccountable workings of the World Bank aimed only at increasing its own profits and the corporations it serves are killing ecological and economic democracy and dispossessing the poor of their resources and rights."�Vandana Shiva, author of Earth Democracy, "Anyone puzzled by why globalization is increasing poverty and destitution in poor countries should read Imperial Nature. Through detailed research Goldman shows how the secretive unaccountable workings of the World Bank aimed only at increasing its own profits and the corporations it serves are killing ecological and economic democracy and dispossessing the poor of their resources and rights."-Vandana Shiva, author of Earth Democracy, "Highly original and insightful, Goldman reveals how countries are pushed backwards instead of forwards in the name of 'development.'"-Naomi Klein, author of No Logo , "In this compelling book, Michael Goldman offers powerful new insights into how the World Bank has emerged as one of the most important sites of knowledge production in the world today. Yet by chronicling the practices and processes through which such knowledges become authoritative-and how they shift under pressure-the book also contributes to the possibilities for more politically enabling alternatives."-Gillian Hart, University of California at Berkeley and author of Disabling Globalization: Places of Power in Post-Apartheid South Africa , "Anyone puzzled by why globalization is increasing poverty and destitution in poor countries should read Imperial Nature . Through detailed research Goldman shows how the secretive unaccountable workings of the World Bank aimed only at increasing its own profits and the corporations it serves are killing ecological and economic democracy and dispossessing the poor of their resources and rights."-Vandana Shiva, author of Earth Democracy, "Highly original and insightful, Goldman reveals how countries are pushed backwards instead of forwards in the name of 'development.'"�Naomi Klein, author of No Logo, "Highly original and insightful, Goldman reveals how countries are pushed backwards instead of forwards in the name of 'development.'"-Naomi Klein, author of No Logo , "We have grown accustomed to indictments of the World Bank for the devastation it has wrought, but Goldman goes several steps further. Opening up the Bank and its projects to the ethnographic eye he shows not only how environmental catastrophes occur but also how the Bank responds to those catastrophes with an ever more insidious regulation, by creating new knowledges, absorbing opposition, and refabricating states�all in the name of protecting the environment. Grassroots opposition may mount but the Bank's overarching hegemony is strengthened. A must-read for anyone interested in the role of global agencies in development."�Michael Burawoy, University of California, Berkeley, "Anyone puzzled by why globalization is increasing poverty and destitution in poor countries should read Imperial Nature .Through detailed research Goldman shows how the secretive unaccountable workings of the World Bank aimed only at increasing its own profits and the corporations it serves are killing ecological and economic democracy and dispossessing the poor of their resources and rights."-Vandana Shiva, author of Earth Democracy, "We have grown accustomed to indictments of the World Bank for the devastation it haswrought, but Goldman goes several steps further. Opening up the Bank and its projects to the ethnographic eye he shows not only how environmental catastrophes occur but also how the Bank responds to those catastrophes with an ever more insidious regulation, by creating new knowledges, absorbing opposition, and refabricating states-all in the name of protecting the environment. Grassroots opposition may mount but the Bank''s overarching hegemony is strengthened. A must-read for anyone interested in the role of global agencies in development."-Michael Burawoy, University of California, Berkeley, "Michael Goldman's brilliant book will be widely read, admired, and quoted. Many ships will sail in its wake."-James C. Scott, Yale University "Simply the best analysis we have of an imperial, hegemonic institution 'at work': in this case, the World Bank at work containing, colonizing, co-oping and reformulating environmentalism. Imperial Nature is well-argued, ethnographically subtle, and historically deep. Goldman's work will be the indispensable point of departure for all subsequent work on 'green' neo-liberalism."-James C. Scott, Yale University , "We have grown accustomed to indictments of the World Bank for the devastation it has wrought, but Goldman goes several steps further. Opening up the Bank and its projects to the ethnographic eye he shows not only how environmental catastrophes occur but also how the Bank responds to those catastrophes with an ever more insidious regulation, by creating new knowledges, absorbing opposition, and refabricating states-all in the name of protecting the environment. Grassroots opposition may mount but the Bank''s overarching hegemony is strengthened. A must-read for anyone interested in the role of global agencies in development."-Michael Burawoy, University of California, Berkeley, "Michael Goldman's brilliant book will be widely read, admired, and quoted. Many ships will sail in its wake."-James C. Scott, Yale University"Simply the best analysis we have of an imperial, hegemonic institution 'at work': in this case, the World Bank at work containing, colonizing, co-oping and reformulating environmentalism. Imperial Nature is well-argued, ethnographically subtle, and historically deep. Goldman's work will be the indispensable point of departure for all subsequent work on 'green' neo-liberalism."-James C. Scott, Yale University , "Imperial Nature offers novel insights into the Bank's methods of valuing nature and orchestrating technologies of governance to legitimize its development regime. Rich case studies, interwoven with intriguing biographies of developers and resisters, ground this engaging account of the Bank's unrivalled, and yet always fragile, power to produce and monopolize development knowledge."-Philip McMichael, Cornell University , "Michael Goldman's brilliant book will be widely read, admired, and quoted. Many ships will sail in its wake."--James C. Scott, Yale University, "In this compelling book, Michael Goldman offers powerful new insights into how the World Bank has emerged as one of the most important sites of knowledge production in the world today.Yet by chronicling the practices and processes through which such knowledges become authoritative-and how they shift under pressure-the book also contributes to the possibilities for more politically enabling alternatives."-Gillian Hart, University of California at Berkeley and author of Disabling Globalization: Places of Power in Post-Apartheid South Africa, "Michael Goldman's brilliant book will be widely read, admired, and quoted. Many ships will sail in its wake."-James C. Scott, Yale University "Simply the best analysis we have of an imperial, hegemonic institution 'at work': in this case, the World Bank at work containing, colonizing, co-oping and reformulating environmentalism. Imperial Nature iswell-argued, ethnographically subtle, and historically deep. Goldman's work will be the indispensable point of departure for all subsequent work on 'green' neo-liberalism."-James C. Scott, Yale University, "Highly original and insightful, Goldman reveals how countries are pushed backwards instead of forwards in the name of ''development.''"-Naomi Klein, author of No Logo , "In this compelling book, Michael Goldman offers powerful new insights into how the World Bank has emerged as one of the most important sites of knowledge production in the world today. Yet by chronicling the practices and processes through which such knowledges become authoritative�and how they shift under pressure�the book also contributes to the possibilities for more politically enabling alternatives."�Gillian Hart, University of California at Berkeley and author of Disabling Globalization: Places of Power in Post-Apartheid South Africa, "Michael Goldman's brilliant book will be widely read, admired, and quoted. Many ships will sail in its wake."-James C. Scott, Yale University "Simply the best analysis we have of an imperial, hegemonic institution 'at work': in this case, the World Bank at work containing, colonizing, co-oping and reformulating environmentalism. Imperial Nature is well-argued, ethnographically subtle, and historically deep. Goldman's work will be the indispensable point of departure for all subsequent work on 'green' neo-liberalism."-James C. Scott, Yale University, "Imperial Nature offers novel insights into the Bank's methods of valuing nature and orchestrating technologies of governance to legitimize its development regime. Rich case studies, interwoven with intriguing biographies of developers and resisters, ground this engaging account of the Bank's unrivalled, and yet always fragile, power to produce and monopolize development knowledge."-Philip McMichael, Cornell University, "We have grown accustomed to indictments of the World Bank for the devastation it has wrought, but Goldman goes several steps further. Opening up the Bank and its projects to the ethnographic eye he shows not only how environmental catastrophes occur but also how the Bank responds to those catastrophes with an ever more insidious regulation, by creating new knowledges, absorbing opposition, and refabricating states-all in the name of protecting the environment. Grassroots opposition may mount but the Bank's overarching hegemony is strengthened. A must-read for anyone interested in the role of global agencies in development."-Michael Burawoy, University of California, Berkeley, "In this compelling book, Michael Goldman offers powerful new insights into how the World Bank has emerged as one of the most important sites of knowledge production in the world today. Yet by chronicling the practices and processes through which such knowledges become authoritative-and how they shift under pressure-the book also contributes to the possibilities for more politically enabling alternatives."-Gillian Hart, University of California at Berkeley and author of "Disabling Globalization: Places of Power in Post-Apartheid South Africa ", "We have grown accustomed to indictments of the World Bank for the devastation it has wrought, but Goldman goes several steps further. Opening up the Bank and its projects to the ethnographic eye he shows not only how environmental catastrophes occur but also how the Bank responds to those catastrophes with an ever more insidious regulation, by creating new knowledges, absorbing opposition, and refabricating states-all in the name of protecting the environment. Grassroots opposition may mount but the Bank''s overarching hegemony is strengthened. A must-read for anyone interested in the role of global agencies in development."-Michael Burawoy, University of California, Berkeley, " Highly original and insightful, Goldman reveals how countries are pushed backwards instead of forwards in the name of ' development. '"- Naomi Klein, author of No Logo , "We have grown accustomed to indictments of the World Bank for the devastation it has wrought, but Goldman goes several steps further. Opening up the Bank and its projects to the ethnographic eye he shows not only how environmental catastrophes occur but also how the Bank responds to those catastrophes with an ever more insidious regulation, by creating new knowledges, absorbing opposition, and refabricating states-all in the name of protecting the environment. Grassroots opposition may mount but the Bank's overarching hegemony is strengthened. A must-read for anyone interested in the role of global agencies in development."-Michael Burawoy, University of California, Berkeley, �Michael Goldman�s brilliant book will be widely read, admired, and quoted. Many ships will sail in its wake.��James C. Scott, Yale University"Simply the best analysis we have of an imperial, hegemonic institution �at work�: in this case, the World Bank at work containing, colonizing, co-oping and reformulating environmentalism. Imperial Nature is well-argued, ethnographically subtle, and historically deep. Goldman�s work will be the indispensable point of departure for all subsequent work on �green� neo-liberalism."�James C. Scott, Yale University
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2005
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22
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