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Author:   James K. Boyce ,  Stephen Cullenberg ,  Prasanta K. Pattanaik ,  Robert Pollin
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Edition:   illustrated edition
ISBN:  

9781845425937

ISBN 10:   1845425936
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   25 May 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction James K. Boyce, Stephen Cullenberg, Prasanta K. Pattanaik and Robert Pollin A Witness of Two Revolutions Keith B. Griffin PART I: PERSPECTIVES ON CHINESE DEVELOPMENT 1. The Fall in Chinese Poverty: Issues of Measurement, Incidence and Cause Carl Riskin 2. The Rural-Urban Divide and the Evaluation of Political Economy in China John Knight, Li Shi and Lina Song 3. Socialist Fetters? Land Tenure and Economic Growth in Post-Mao Rural China Mark D. Brenner PART II: AGRICULTURE AND RURAL POVERTY 4. A Future for Small Farms? Biodiversity and Sustainable Agriculture James K. Boyce 5. The Impact of Policy Reforms on Rural Poverty in Brazil: Evidence from Three States in the 1990s Steven M. Helfand and Edward S. Levine 6. Has Columbia Finally Found an Agrarian Reform that Works? Albert Berry PART III: DIMENSIONS OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 7. Death and Development Bob Sutcliffe 8. On Comparing Functioning Bundles and Capability Sets Prasanta K. Pattanaik 9. Environment, Poverty and Development Charles Perrings PART IV: GLOBALIZATION AND INEQUALITY 10. Globalization and the Transition to Egalitarian Development Robert Pollin 11. Gender Equality, Public Finance and Globalization Diane Elson 12. Class Transition in the Age of Globalization: Examples from the Rural Sectors in India and Kenya Anjan Chakrabarti, Stephen Cullenberg and Mwangi wa Githinji 13. What Will Become of the Welfare State? Victor D. Lippit PART V: STRATEGIES FOR REDUCING POVERTY AND INEQUALITY 14. The Structure and Distribution of Personal Income and Poverty Reduction: A Case Study of Bangladesh During the 1990s Azizur Rahman Khan and Binayak Sen 15. Poverty as Injustice: Refocusing the Policy Agenda Rehman Sobhan 16. Economic Policies and Poverty Reduction in Asia and the Pacific: Alternatives to Neoliberalism Terry McKinley Appendix: Curriculum Vitae for Professor Keith B. Griffin Index

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`. . . it is this reviewer's opinion that the papers in this volume are of a very high scientific standard. Those professionals and graduate students who want to enter the area of economic development in a serious way will find this volume extremely useful.' -- Theodore P. Lianos, South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics `This volume provides a very high quality set of papers on the relationship between globalization and human development. . . any one with interest in this wide ranging subject matter would find the volume an interesting and engaging read.' -- Global Business Review

'. . . it is this reviewer's opinion that the papers in this volume are of a very high scientific standard. Those professionals and graduate students who want to enter the area of economic development in a serious way will find this volume extremely useful.' -- Theodore P. Lianos, South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics 'This volume provides a very high quality set of papers on the relationship between globalization and human development. . . any one with interest in this wide ranging subject matter would find the volume an interesting and engaging read.' -- Global Business Review

'... it is this reviewer's opinion that the papers in this volume are of a very high scientific standard. Those professionals and graduate students who want to enter the area of economic development in a serious way will find this volume extremely useful.' -- Theodore P. Lianos, South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics 'This volume provides a very high quality set of papers on the relationship between globalization and human development... any one with interest in this wide ranging subject matter would find the volume an interesting and engaging read.' -- Global Business Review

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Edited by James K. Boyce, Professor of Economics and Program Director for Development, Peacebuilding, and the Environment, Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US, the late Stephen Cullenberg, formerly Professor of Economics, Prasanta K. Pattanaik, Professor of Economics, University of California, Riverside, US and Robert Pollin, Professor and founding Co-Director, Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, US

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