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.

Autorentext

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

Inhalt

1. Introduction: Global Economic Crisis and the Politics of Diversity; Y?ld?z Atasoy PART I: COMMODIFICATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE 2. Understanding Neoliberalism as Economization: The Case of the Environment; Fikret Adaman and Yahya M. Madra 3. Neoliberalism, Nature, and Changing Modalities of Environmental Governance in Contemporary Turkey; Leila M. Harris and Mine I?lar PART II: MARKET DEVELOPMENTALISM AND LIVELIHOOD CHANGE 4. Tarnished yet Tenacious: Examining the Track Record and Future of Public-Private Partnership Hospitals in Canada ; Heather Whiteside 5. Nanotechnology Industrial Development and Its Likely Implications for Labour ; Noela Invernizzi 6. Global Economic Crisis and the 'Spatial Fix' of China's World Factory: The Great 'Long March' Inland; Jun Zhang 7. Childcare Policy Reform and Gender Equality in China; Xinying Hu PART III: STATE RESTRUCTURING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 8. Brazil: Neoliberal Restructuring or Rejuvenation of the Developmental State?; James M. Cypher 9. Can China's Growth Lead the World Out of the Global Economic Crisis?; Paul Bowles 10. Crisis, Social Class and the 'Fixing' of Capitalism in Mexico; Hepzibah Muñoz Martínez PART IV: ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF POLITICS 11. Alternative Policy Groups and Transnational Counter-Hegemonic Struggle; William K. Carroll 12. Conclusion: Rethinking the Politics of Diversity; Y?ld?z Atasoy