Gustav Ranis: 3 books
Globalization and the Nation State
The Impact of the IMF and the World Bank
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
This book brings together an international team of contributors to assess the political economy of the IMF and World Bank programmes.
The cutting-edge techniques of the new political economy are thus brought to bear on international issues for the first time. The book includes contributions...
Globalization and Self-Determination
Is the Nation-State Under Siege?
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2006
Is the nation state under siege? A common answer is that globalization poses two fundamental threats to state sovereignty. The first concerns the unleashing of centrifugal and centripetal forces - such as increasing market integration and the activities of institutions like the IMF, World Bank, and...
Advancing Human Development
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2018
Human Development has been advocated as the prime development goal since 1990, when the publication of the first UNDP Human Development Report proposed that development should improve the lives people lead in multiple dimensions instead of primarily pursuing economic growth. This approach forms the...