Dark victory : the United States and globalpoverty
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Dark victory : the United States and globalpoverty
（Transnational Institute series）
Pluto , Institute for Food and Development Policy , Transnational Institute (TNI), 1999
New ed
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- : US only
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"A Food first book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-156) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: ex. us ISBN 9780745314617
Description
Hunger and malnutrition stalk the countries of the South. Over the last twenty years, as the populations of these countries have increased, so too has mass poverty on a grotesque scale. In this fiercely critical study of Western aid giving, Walden Bello offers a persuasive argument that recolonisation of the Third World has been carried out through the agencies of the International Banks.
Bello argues that neoliberalism or doctrinal free-market ideology came to power in the United States with an agenda to 'discipline the Third World' and the consequences of such a policy has resulted in lower barriers to imports, the removal of restrictions on foreign investments, privatisation of state owned activities, a reduction in social welfare spending, wage cuts and devaluation of local currencies.
Recipients of 'structural adjustment' loans from the West, have been forced to accept these polices, with disastrous consequences. Hailed as a classic study of global poverty, Dark Victory is now reissued with a substantial new epilogue by the author.
Table of Contents
Foreword
New Introduction
1. The Great reversal
2. Challenge from the South
3. Liberalism and Containment
4. Reaganism and Rollback
5. Adjustment: The record
6. Adjustment: The Costs
7. Adjustment: The Outcome
8. Disciplining the NICs
9. Adjusting America
10. Dark Victory
11. The Battle for the 21st Century
12. Epilogue: Asian Economic Implosion
Notes and References
Appendix
Glossary
Selected Readings
Index
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: worldwide ISBN 9780745314662
Description
Hunger and malnutrition stalk the countries of the South. Over the last twenty years, as the populations of these countries have increased, so too has mass poverty on a grotesque scale. In this fiercely critical study of Western aid giving, Walden Bello offers a persuasive argument that recolonisation of the Third World has been carried out through the agencies of the International Banks.
Bello argues that neoliberalism or doctrinal free-market ideology came to power in the United States with an agenda to 'discipline the Third World' and the consequences of such a policy has resulted in lower barriers to imports, the removal of restrictions on foreign investments, privatisation of state owned activities, a reduction in social welfare spending, wage cuts and devaluation of local currencies.
Recipients of 'structural adjustment' loans from the West, have been forced to accept these polices, with disastrous consequences. Hailed as a classic study of global poverty, Dark Victory is now reissued with a substantial new epilogue by the author.
Table of Contents
Foreword
New Introduction
1. The Great reversal
2. Challenge from the South
3. Liberalism and Containment
4. Reaganism and Rollback
5. Adjustment: The record
6. Adjustment: The Costs
7. Adjustment: The Outcome
8. Disciplining the NICs
9. Adjusting America
10. Dark Victory
11. The Battle for the 21st Century
12. Epilogue: Asian Economic Implosion
Notes and References
Appendix
Glossary
Selected Readings
Index
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