Human Development in the Era of Globalization

Essays in Honor of Keith B. Griffin

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

AvJames K. Boyce,Stephen Cullenberg,Prasanta K. Pattanaik,Robert Pollin

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Honoring Keith Griffin's more than 40 years of fundamental contributions to the discipline of economics, the papers in this volume reflect his deep commitment to advancing the well-being of the world's poor majority and his unflinching willingness to question conventional wisdom as to how this should be done. Four overarching themes recur in Keith Griffin's work and this book: the need to both eradicate poverty and redress inequalities in the distribution of wealth within and among nations; the impact of growth on inequality, and conversely inequality's impact on growth; the political economy of policy-making; and the need for openness to heterogeneity in both analytic tools and in policy recommendations. The volume begins with an introduction by the editors followed by a paper by Keith Griffin. In succeeding chapters the contributors explore strategies for reducing poverty and inequality, and provide perspectives on issues such as human development, the rural/urban divide in China, and biodiversity and sustainability. Students, researchers, policymakers and NGO analysts exploring issues in development economics, development studies, alternative economic systems, globalization, environmental sustainability, inequality and well-being will find this book of great interest.

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Utgivningsdatum2006-05-25
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781845425937

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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

Contents:IntroductionJames K. Boyce, Stephen Cullenberg, Prasanta K. Pattanaik and Robert Pollin A Witness of Two Revolutions Keith B. GriffinPART I: PERSPECTIVES ON CHINESE DEVELOPMENT1. The Fall in Chinese Poverty: Issues of Measurement, Incidence and CauseCarl Riskin2. The Rural–Urban Divide and the Evaluation of Political Economy in ChinaJohn Knight, Li Shi and Lina Song3. Socialist Fetters? Land Tenure and Economic Growth in Post-Mao Rural ChinaMark D. BrennerPART II: AGRICULTURE AND RURAL POVERTY4. A Future for Small Farms? Biodiversity and Sustainable AgricultureJames K. Boyce5. The Impact of Policy Reforms on Rural Poverty in Brazil: Evidence from Three States in the 1990sSteven M. Helfand and Edward S. Levine6. Has Columbia Finally Found an Agrarian Reform that Works?Albert BerryPART III: DIMENSIONS OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT7. Death and DevelopmentBob Sutcliffe8. On Comparing Functioning Bundles and Capability SetsPrasanta K. Pattanaik9. Environment, Poverty and DevelopmentCharles PerringsPART IV: GLOBALIZATION AND INEQUALITY10. Globalization and the Transition to Egalitarian DevelopmentRobert Pollin11. Gender Equality, Public Finance and GlobalizationDiane Elson12. Class Transition in the Age of Globalization: Examples from the Rural Sectors in India and KenyaAnjan Chakrabarti, Stephen Cullenberg and Mwangi wa Gîthînji13. What Will Become of the Welfare State?Victor D. LippitPART V: STRATEGIES FOR REDUCING POVERTY AND INEQUALITY14. The Structure and Distribution of Personal Income and Poverty Reduction: A Case Study of Bangladesh During the 1990sAzizur Rahman Khan and Binayak Sen15. Poverty as Injustice: Refocusing the Policy AgendaRehman Sobhan16. Economic Policies and Poverty Reduction in Asia and the Pacific: Alternatives to NeoliberalismTerry McKinleyAppendix: Curriculum Vitae for Professor Keith B. GriffinIndex