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The World Bank and Social Transformation in International Politics Liberalism, Governance and Sovereignty
By David Williams
Copyright 2008
164 Pages
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Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
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Routledge
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In the 1990s the World Bank changed its policy to take the position that the problems of poverty and governance are inextricably linked, and improving the governance of its borrower countries became increasingly accepted as a legitimate and important part of the World Bank’s development activities. This book examines why the World Bank came to see good governance as important and evaluate what... Read more
Introduction 1. Liberalism and Social Transformation 2. The World Bank, Sovereignty and Development 3. From Structural Adjustment to Good Governance 4. Governance, Liberalism and Social Transformation 5. Transformation in Practice 6. Sovereignty, Development and the Liberal Project
Biography
David Williams is Lecturer at the Centre for International Politics, City University, UK. His research interests are in the area of international relations of development. He has previously published in Political Studies, Review of International Studies and Millennium.
