Global Economic Crisis and the Politics of Diversity

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction: Global Economic Crisis and the Politics of Diversity

   1. Introduction: Global Economic Crisis and the Politics of Diversity

      • Yildiz Atasoy

      Pages 1-26

3. Commodification and Environmental Governance

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27

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   2. Understanding Neoliberalism as Economization: The Case of the Environment

      • Fikret Adaman, Yahya M. Madra

      Pages 29-51

   3. Neoliberalism, Nature, and Changing Modalities of Environmental Governance in Contemporary Turkey

      • Leila M. Harris, Mine Işlar

      Pages 52-78

4. Market Developmentalism and Livelihood Change

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79

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   2. Tarnished Yet Tenacious: Examining the Track Record and Future of Public-Private Partnership Hospitals in Canada

      • Heather Whiteside

      Pages 81-104

   3. The Industrial Development of Nanotechnology and Its Likely Implications for Labour

      • Noela Invernizzi

      Pages 105-131

   4. Global Economic Crisis and the ‘Spatial Fix’ of China’s World Factory: The Great ‘Long March’ Inland

      • Jun Zhang

      Pages 132-154

   5. Childcare Policy Reform and Women’s Labour Force Participation in China

      • Xinying Hu

      Pages 155-177

5. State Restructuring and Economic Development

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 179-179

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   2. Brazil: Neoliberal Restructuring or Rejuvenation of the Developmental State?

      • James M. Cypher

      Pages 181-211

   3. Can China’s Growth Lead the World Out of the Global Economic Crisis?

      • Paul Bowles

      Pages 212-227

   4. Crisis, Social Class, and the ‘Fixing’ of Capitalism in Mexico

      • Hepzibah Muñoz Martinez

      Pages 228-256

6. Alternative Forms of Politics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 257-257

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   2. Alternative Policy Groups and Transnational Counter-Hegemonic Struggle

      • William K. Carroll

      Pages 259-284

   3. Conclusion: Rethinking the Politics of Diversity

      • Yildiz Atasoy

      Pages 285-305

7. Back Matter

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An interdisciplinary group of scholars from the global North and South critically explore the global deepening of market economy models. In case studies including Asia, the Middle East and Latin America, they examine the associated tensions of livelihood and ecology in the current context of global economic crisis, considering issues of natural ecology, water use, health, childcare, technology and work, migration, and economic growth. The analysis of the complex connections between domestic and global dynamics across diverse cases and issues helps reveal that state-centric approaches are still hovering over the politics of restructuring through which conformity to economic growth is addressed.

• development
• ecology
• Economic Development
• economy
• environment
• gender
• Governance
• growth
• market economy
• Nation
• nature
• neoliberalism
• Policy
• politics
• Transnational

• Simon Fraser University, Canada

  Yıldız Atasoy

Fikret Adaman, Bo?aziçi University, Turkey Y?ld?z Atasoy, Simon Fraser University, Canada Paul Bowles, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada James M. Cyphers, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Mexico William K. Carroll, University of Victoria, Canada Leila M. Harris, University of British Columbia, Canada Xinying Hu, Simon Fraser University, Canada Noela Invernizzi, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil Mine I?lar, Lund University Centre, Sweden Yahya M. Madra, Bo?aziçi University, Turkey Hepzibah Muñoz Martínez, University of New Brunswick, Canada Heather Whiteside, Simon Fraser University, Canada Jun Zhang, University of Toronto, Canada

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