Global Economic Crisis and the Politics of Diversity (International Political Economy Series)

An interdisciplinary group of scholars from the global North and South critically explore the global deepening of market economy models. In case studies including Asia, the Middle East and Latin America, they examine the associated tensions of livelihood and ecology in the current context of global economic crisis, considering issues of natural ecology, water use, health, childcare, technology and work, migration, and economic growth. The analysis of the complex connections between domestic and global dynamics across diverse cases and issues helps reveal that state-centric approaches are still hovering over the politics of restructuring through which conformity to economic growth is addressed (site de l'éditeur) Front Matter....Pages i-xv Introduction: Global Economic Crisis and the Politics of Diversity....Pages 1-26 Front Matter....Pages 27-27 Understanding Neoliberalism as Economization: The Case of the Environment....Pages 29-51 Neoliberalism, Nature, and Changing Modalities of Environmental Governance in Contemporary Turkey....Pages 52-78 Front Matter....Pages 79-79 Tarnished Yet Tenacious: Examining the Track Record and Future of Public-Private Partnership Hospitals in Canada....Pages 81-104 The Industrial Development of Nanotechnology and Its Likely Implications for Labour....Pages 105-131 Global Economic Crisis and the ‘Spatial Fix’ of China’s World Factory: The Great ‘Long March’ Inland....Pages 132-154 Childcare Policy Reform and Women’s Labour Force Participation in China....Pages 155-177 Front Matter....Pages 179-179 Brazil: Neoliberal Restructuring or Rejuvenation of the Developmental State?....Pages 181-211 Can China’s Growth Lead the World Out of the Global Economic Crisis?....Pages 212-227 Crisis, Social Class, and the ‘Fixing’ of Capitalism in Mexico....Pages 228-256 Front Matter....Pages 257-257 Alternative Policy Groups and Transnational Counter-Hegemonic Struggle....Pages 259-284 Conclusion: Rethinking the Politics of Diversity....Pages 285-305 Back Matter....Pages 306-319 An interdisciplinary group of scholars from the global North and South critically explore the global deepening of market economy models. In case studies including Asia, the Middle East and Latin America, they examine the associated tensions of livelihood and ecology in the current context of global economic crisis, considering issues of natural ecology, water use, health, childcare, technology and work, migration, and economic growth. The analysis of the complex connections between domestic and global dynamics across diverse cases and issues helps reveal that state-centric approaches are still hovering over the politics of restructuring through which conformity to economic growth is addressed (site de l'éditeur) This volume critically explores the global deepening of market economy models and the associated tensions of livelihood and ecology in the current context of global economic crisis.