Developmental Politics in Transition - (International Political Economy) by C Kyung-Sup & B Fine & L Weiss (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Blending theory and case studies, this volume explores a vitally important and topical aspect of developmentalism, which remains a focal point for scholarly and policy debates around democracy and social development in the global political economy. Includes case studies from China, Vietnam, India, Brazil, Uganda, South Korea, Ireland, Australia.

Review Quotes

"This sober intellectual project is empirically packed and theoretically reflective in its insistence that '[e]ach system should be examined by reference to the structures, agencies, processes, power, and conflicts that are exercised in material provision'. Academics, students and practitioners of peacebuilding should find much of interest and relevance in its book. For me, its key contribution lies in how it debunks a number of central myths about neoliberalism." - Mandy Turner, Peacebuilding

About the Author

PETER ABRAHAMSON Associate Professor of Sociology at University of Copenhagen, Denmark C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR Professor at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India CHANG HA-JOON Reader in Economics at the University of Cambridge, UK YIN-WAH CHU Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Hong Kong Baptist University, China JULIUS KIIZA Associate Professor of Political Economy and Development at Makerere University, Uganda TAT YAN KONG Reader (Associate Professor) in Comparative Politics and Development Studies at SOAS, University of London, UK KWON HYEONG-KI is an associate professor of Political Science at Seoul National University, South Korea PIETRO MASINA Associate Professor of Political Economy of Development at the University of Naples 'L'Orientale', Italy ALFREDO SAAD-FILHO Professor of Political Economy at SOAS, University of London, UK ALVIN Y. SO Chair Professor of Social Science Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China ELIZABETH THURBON Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of New South Wales, Australia.