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Privatization and Alternative Public Sector Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa: Delivering on Electricity and Water (2007)
Book
Bayliss, K., & Fine, B. (Eds.). (2007). Privatization and Alternative Public Sector Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa: Delivering on Electricity and Water. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230286412

This book documents the growth in privatization in the delivery of water and electricity in SSA over the 1990s and 2000s, showing how numerous governments have gone to considerable lengths in an effort to attract investors into these sectors. The boo... Read More about Privatization and Alternative Public Sector Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa: Delivering on Electricity and Water.

From Sweetness to McDonald’s: How Do We Manufacture (the Meaning of) Foods? (2007)
Journal Article
Fine, B. (2007). From Sweetness to McDonald’s: How Do We Manufacture (the Meaning of) Foods?. The Review of Social and Economic Studies = 사회경제평론 = Sahoe kyŏngje p'yŏngnon, 29(2), 247-271

Taking Marx’s theory of commodity production as point of departure, this article examines the ways in which the values and the use values of consumption are constructed in and of themselves and in relation to one another. It does so by positing what... Read More about From Sweetness to McDonald’s: How Do We Manufacture (the Meaning of) Foods?.

Social Capital (2007)
Journal Article
Fine, B. (2007). Social Capital. Development in Practice, 17(4/5), 566-574. https://doi.org/10.1080/09614520701469567

In parallel with, and as a complement to, globalisation, ‘social capital’ has enjoyed a meteoric rise across the social sciences over the last two decades. Not surprisingly, it has been particularly prominent across development studies, not least thr... Read More about Social Capital.

Douglass North’s Remaking of Economic History: A Critical Appraisal (2007)
Journal Article
Fine, B., & Milonakis, D. (2007). Douglass North’s Remaking of Economic History: A Critical Appraisal. Review of Radical Political Economics, 39(1), 27-57. https://doi.org/10.1177/0486613406296896

This article aims to begin to fill a gap in the literature by offering a comprehensive critique of Douglass North’s work with emphasis on his historical studies. After a brief overview of his theoretical contributions, a closer scrutiny of his theory... Read More about Douglass North’s Remaking of Economic History: A Critical Appraisal.