World Bank and Social Transformation in International Politics - Liberalism, Governance and Sovereignty

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext This book examines why the World Bank has come to see good governance as important and evaluates what the World Bank is doing to improve the governance of its borrower countries. Zusammenfassung This book examines why the World Bank has come to see good governance as important and evaluates what the World Bank is doing to improve the governance of its borrower countries. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: David Williams, David (City University Williams
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.04.2008
• EAN: 9780415453004
• ISBN: 978-0-415-45300-4
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Routledge Studies in Globalisation
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Globalization, Business & Economics / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Africa, Regional Studies, Political Economy, Regional / International studies, International institutions, Development Studies, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies