Derivatives and Development

A Political Economy of Global Finance, Farming, and Poverty
2012. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-349-34201-3
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 304 g

Breger Bush argues that derivatives markets work in the development context as engines of inequality and instability, aggravating poverty among those they are purported to help and highlighting some of the dangers of neoliberal globalization for the poor.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Loparo, Kenneth A

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Derivatives and Development: Contemporary Applications Chapter 3 Coffee, Derivatives and Income Security: Theory and Practice\ Chapter 4 Coffee, Derivatives and Poverty: A Global Commodity Chain Approach Chapter 5 Derivatives and the Politics of Alternatives Chapter 6 Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

SASHA BREGER BUSH is a lecturer at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, USA.