Uneven development and the commercialisation of public utilities: a political ecology analysis of water reforms in Malaysia (2016)
Journal Article
Padfield, R., Tham, M. H., Costes, S., & Smith, L. (2016). Uneven development and the commercialisation of public utilities: a political ecology analysis of water reforms in Malaysia. Utilities Policy: Governance, Performance, Analysis, 40, 152-161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2016.02.003

Water policy reforms introduced in Peninsular Malaysia have yielded relatively positive improvements in the operational and financial performance of water utilities. This article analyses contemporary water governance in the context of the historical... Read More about Uneven development and the commercialisation of public utilities: a political ecology analysis of water reforms in Malaysia.

Magna Carta: 800 years on, we need a new people's charter (2015)
Journal Article
Standing, G. (2015). Magna Carta: 800 years on, we need a new people's charter. Guardian (London),

Magna Carta: what prospects for a Precariat Charter? (2015)
Journal Article
Standing, G. (2015). Magna Carta: what prospects for a Precariat Charter?. OpenDemocracy (London. Online),

Foreign aid, resource rents and institution-building in Mozambique and Angola (2013)
Preprint / Working Paper
Pérez Niño, H., & Le Billon, P. Foreign aid, resource rents and institution-building in Mozambique and Angola. Helsinki

Sharing similar colonial and post-independence civil war experiences, Mozambique and Angola’s development paths are often contrasted, with foreign aid-dependent Mozambique hailed a success compared to oil rentier Angola. This paper questions the so-c... Read More about Foreign aid, resource rents and institution-building in Mozambique and Angola.

Responding to the crisis: Economic stabilisation grants (2011)
Journal Article
Standing, G. (2011). Responding to the crisis: Economic stabilisation grants. Policy & Politics: Advancing knowledge in public and social policy, 39(1), 9-25. https://doi.org/10.1332/030557311X546389

This article reviews some of the mainstream policies proposed to tackle the economic crisis of 2008-09 and its aftermath, and goes on to advocate a policy of economic stabilisation grants (ESGs). It argues that ESGs, which would be paid to every citi... Read More about Responding to the crisis: Economic stabilisation grants.

Capitalist Development in Korea: Labour, Capital and the Myth of the Developmental State (2009)
Book
Chang, D.-O. (2009). Capitalist Development in Korea: Labour, Capital and the Myth of the Developmental State. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203887844

Contrary to the widely-held view that the East Asian ‘developmental state’ is neutral in terms of the relationship between capital and labour – a benign co-operation between state offi cials and businessmen to organise economic development – this boo... Read More about Capitalist Development in Korea: Labour, Capital and the Myth of the Developmental State.

Feminise without Unionise: the Indian Garment sector and its lack of solidarity (2008)
Book Chapter
Mezzadri, A. (2008). Feminise without Unionise: the Indian Garment sector and its lack of solidarity. In Missing Links in Sustainable Development: South Asian Perspectives (105-130). SDPI/Sama

Development, Civil Society and Faith-Based Organisations: Bridging the Sacred and the Secular (2008)
Book
Jennings, M., & Clarke, G. (Eds.). (2008). Development, Civil Society and Faith-Based Organisations: Bridging the Sacred and the Secular. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230371262

This book examines the role of faith-based organizations in managing international aid, providing services, defending human rights and protecting democracy. It argues that greater engagement with faith communities and organizations is needed, and que... Read More about Development, Civil Society and Faith-Based Organisations: Bridging the Sacred and the Secular.

When Capital Becomes Society: The Recomposition of Capitalist Work and New Labour Activism in Korea (2007)
Book Chapter
Chang, D.-O. (2007). When Capital Becomes Society: The Recomposition of Capitalist Work and New Labour Activism in Korea. In M. Hart-Lansberg, S. Jeong, & R. Westra (Eds.), Marxist Perspectives on South Korea in the Global Economy (221-239). Ashgate

This article aims to examine the recomposition of capitalist work in South Korea. Based on Marx’s understanding of capital as a form of social relations of the extraction of abstract labour, this article shows the continual reorganisation of capitali... Read More about When Capital Becomes Society: The Recomposition of Capitalist Work and New Labour Activism in Korea.

Economía Política del Desarrollo en África (2007)
Book
Oya, C., Santamaría, A., Sender, J., Cramer, C., Lawrence, P., Lahiff, E. P., Weeks, J., & Bidaurratzaga, E. (2007). C. Oya, & A. Santamaría (Eds.). Economía Política del Desarrollo en África. Ediciones Akal

The limitation of corporate social responsibility in the Indian garment sector: a case study from the Delhi industrial area at the end of the Multi Fibre Agreement (2007)
Book Chapter
Mezzadri, A. (2007). The limitation of corporate social responsibility in the Indian garment sector: a case study from the Delhi industrial area at the end of the Multi Fibre Agreement. In At the crossroads: South Asian Research, Policy and Development in a Globalised World (16-35). SDPI/Sama

Price intervention in Sub-Saharan African agriculture: can an institutionalist view alter our conception of the costs and benefits? (2007)
Book Chapter
Dorward, A., Kydd, J., & Poulton, C. (2007). Price intervention in Sub-Saharan African agriculture: can an institutionalist view alter our conception of the costs and benefits?. In N. Koning, & P. Pinstrup-Andersen (Eds.), Agricultural trade liberalization and the least developed countries. Springer

War Economies in a Regional Context. Challenges for Transformation (2004)
Book
Pugh, M., Cooper, N., & Goodhand, J. (2004). War Economies in a Regional Context. Challenges for Transformation. Lynne Rienner

Institutional Dimensions of Trade Liberalisation and Poverty (2003)
Book Chapter
Kydd, J., Dorward, A., & Poulton, C. (2003). Institutional Dimensions of Trade Liberalisation and Poverty. In J. Brooks (Ed.), Agricultural Trade and Poverty: Making Policy Analysis Count. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

New institutional economics, agricultural parastatals and marketing policy (2002)
Book Chapter
Kydd, J., Dorward, A., & Poulton, C. (2002). New institutional economics, agricultural parastatals and marketing policy. In I. Livingstone, & D. Belshaw (Eds.), Renewing development in Sub-Saharan Africa: policy, performance, and prospects (166-175). Routledge

A New Institutional Economics Perspective on Current Policy Debates (1998)
Book Chapter
Poulton, C., Dorward, A., Kydd, J., Poole, N., & Smith, L. (1998). A New Institutional Economics Perspective on Current Policy Debates. In A. Dorward, J. Kydd, & C. Poulton (Eds.), Smallholder cash crop production under market liberalisation: a new institutional economics perspective. CABI

Conclusions: New Institutional Economics, Policy Debates and the research Agenda (1998)
Book Chapter
Kydd, J., Dorward, A., & Poulton, C. (1998). Conclusions: New Institutional Economics, Policy Debates and the research Agenda. In A. Dorward, J. Kydd, & C. Poulton (Eds.), Smallholder cash crop production under market liberalisation: a new institutional economics perspective. CABI