This paper examines the political dynamics of health sector reform in poor countries, through
a comparative study of pharmaceutical policy reform in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and the …

Privatization can make governments more efficient, encourage investment, and create new
growth and employment. Such economic benefits help free public resources for …

The idea that states should take on an enhanced role in the pursuit of development is once
again becoming increasingly pronounced in the global South. In Latin America, the 'return of …

Can property regimes be successfully transformed while simultaneously extending
citizenship rights to the property-less? This is the postsocialist challenge analyzed in this …

This book describes and explains the extraordinary wave of popular protest that swept
across the so-called Third World and the countries of the former socialist bloc during the …

When the major aid organizations made flows of aid conditional on changes in policy, they
prompted an extensive debate in development circles. Aid and Power has made one of the …

A teoria do desenvolvimento no pós-guerra iniciou nos anos 50 e 60 com a premissa de
que os aparelhos de Estado podiam ser usados para promover a mudança estrutural 1 1 …

Perhaps no word today is used and misused more than globalization. It generally serves to
refer to worldwide epoch-defining changes in the organization of societies, economies and …

This book examines how ruling elites manage and manipulate their political opposition in
the Middle East. In contrast to discussions of government-opposition relations that focus on …

The first and definitive book of its kind, Joan Spero's The Politics of International Economic
Relations has been fully updated to reflect the sweeping changes in the international arena …