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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.

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.

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

Oil and democracy in Iraq (2007)
Book
Springborg, R. (2007). Oil and democracy in Iraq. SAQI in association with London Middle East Institute, SOAS

Taiwan in the 21st century: aspects and limitations of a development model (2007)
Book
Greene, J. M., & Ash, R. (Eds.). (2007). Taiwan in the 21st century: aspects and limitations of a development model. Routledge Curzon. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203482803

Throughout the twentieth century Taiwan was viewed as a model - whether in terms of a model colony, a model China or a development model. This perception was based on the notion of Taiwan undergoing an economic miracle and political developments. Yet... Read More about Taiwan in the 21st century: aspects and limitations of a development model.

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.

Powers of Imagination: The Role of the Consumer in China's Silent Media Revolution (2006)
Book Chapter
Latham, K. (2006). Powers of Imagination: The Role of the Consumer in China's Silent Media Revolution. In K. Latham, S. Thompson, & J. A. Klein (Eds.), Consuming China. Approaches to Cultural Change in Contemporary China (82-103). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203641842-12

In the last two-and-a-half decades under reform, China’s media have undergone major transformations and changes which have introduced the rhetorics and practices of market competition, commercialism and populism into industries none the less still st... Read More about Powers of Imagination: The Role of the Consumer in China's Silent Media Revolution.

Consuming China: approaches to cultural change in contemporary China (2006)
Book
Latham, K., Thompson, S., & Klein, J. A. (Eds.). (2006). Consuming China: approaches to cultural change in contemporary China. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203641842

Post-Mao China has been characterized in literature and the media as a burgeoning consumer society. Consuming China investigates this characterization by examining the cultural significance of consumption and consumerism in the People’s Republic of C... Read More about Consuming China: approaches to cultural change in contemporary China.