Imperial Nature : The World Bank and Struggles for Social Justice in the Age of Globalization,9780300119749

Imperial Nature : The World Bank and Struggles for Social Justice in the Age of Globalization

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ISBN13: 9780300119749
ISBN10: 0300119747
Format: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 2006-09-06
Publisher(s): Yale University Press
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Summary

This pathbreaking book is the first close examination of the inner workings of the World Bank, the foundations of its global achievements, its propensity for intensifying te problems it intends to cure, and its remarkable ability to tame criticism and extend its own reach. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
Acknowledgments xxi
Introduction: Understanding World Bank Power
1(45)
The Rise of the Bank
46(54)
Producing Green Science inside Headquarters
100(51)
The Birth of a Discipline: Producing Environmental Knowledge for the World
151(30)
Eco-Governmentality and the Making of an Environmental State
181(40)
Privatizing Water, Neoliberalizing Civil Society: The Power of Transnational Policy Networks
221(51)
Conclusion: Can It Be Shut Down?
272(21)
Notes 293(24)
Bibliography 317(28)
Index 345

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