Public Policy In The Age Of Globalization: Responses To Environmental And Economic Crises (international Political Economy Series)

Centre d'Etude d'Afrique Noire (CEAN) and the Centre d'Economie du Developpement (CED), both at the University Montesquieu-Bordeaux IV. He has held positions in Togo, Côte d'Ivoire and Algeria. Among his latest publications is 'Côte d'Ivoire: Between Politic Reconstruction and Economic Adjustment', in Colin Legum (ed.) Africa Contemporary Record, 2001. "Public Policy in the Age of Globalization focuses on changes in environmental and economic policies in six developing countries: Argentina, Costa Rica, South Korea, India, the Ivory Coast and South Africa. Highlighting the interaction between domestic political processes and international actors, the contributors demonstrate how crises can affect policy making, but also how domestic politics may cause crises. The book analyses the interplay between actors such as politicians, interest groups, civil society, environmentalists and international institutions, and how those actors can affect policy outcomes."--BOOK JACKET. "Public Policy in the Age of Globalization focuses on changes in environmental and economic policies in six developing countries: Argentina, Costa Rica, South Korea, India, the Ivory Coast and South Africa. Highlighting the interaction between domestic political processes and international actors, the contributors demonstrate how crises can affect policy making, but also how domestic politics may cause crises. The book analyses the interplay between actors such as politicians, interest groups, civil society, environmentalists and international institutions, and how those actors can affect policy outcomes."--Cover Public Policy in the Age of Globalization focuses on changes in environmental and economic policies in six developing countries: Argentina, Costa Rica, South Korea, India, Ivory Coast and South Africa. Highlighting the interaction between domestic political processes and international actors, the contributors demonstrate how crises can affect policymaking, but also how domestic politics may result in crisis. The book analyses the interplay between actors such as politicians, interest groups, civil society, environmentalists and international institutions and how those actors can affect policy outcomes

Political scientists and development scholars from Europe, Africa, South America, and Japan detail how six developing countries have responded to demands for adjustment to globalization processes during the final two decades of the 20th century. Among the topics are shooting for reform in Argentina, late liberalization and the environment in India, and regime change and institutional adjustment in South Africa. The case studies are bracketed by an introduction and conclusion. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

This book focuses on changes in environmental and economic policies in six developing countries. It shows how domestic politics interact with international actors such as multilateral institutions. It offers lively accounts of the behaviour of political actors, interest groups and the civil society, in particular environmentalists. It shows how ideas such as those of neoliberal economics affect policymaking, in particular during or after crisis, but also how social protest and demands for sustainable development are mobilized. This title focuses on changes in environmental and economic policies in six developing countries. It shows how domestic politics interact with international actors such as multilateral institutions. It offers lively accounts of the behaviour of political actors, interest groups and the civil society, in particular environmentalists. It shows how ideas such as those of neoliberal economics affect policymaking, in particular during or after crisis, but also how social protest and demands for sustainable development are mobilized