Reclaiming Development: An Economic Policy Handbook for Activists and Policymakers (Global Issues)

By Ilene Grabel, Ha-Joon Chang, Illene Grabel

Book Overview

There is no alternative to neoliberal economics - or so it appeared when Reclaiming Development was published in 2004. Many of the same driving assumptions - monetarism and globalization - remain within the international development policy establishment. Ha-Joon Chang and Ilene Grabel confront this neoliberal development model head-on by combining devastating economic critique with an array of innovative policies and an in-depth analysis of the experiences of leading Western and East Asian economies. Still, much has changed since 2004 - the relative success of some developing countries in weathering the global financial crisis has exposed the latent contradictions of the neoliberal model. The resulting situation of increasingly open policy innovation in the global South means that Reclaiming Development is even more relevant today than

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780325592
• ISBN13: 9781780325590
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

This Alternative Economic Policy Manual clearly counterpoises Neoliberal Economics with Alternative

Excellent easy to read and understand. This Alternative Economic Policy Manual clearly counterpoises Neoliberal Economics with Alternative Strategies and Implementations that have worked historically and currently in developing countries.