The State's role in development is bound to change significantly as a result of many new challenges, of the multitude … understood in two complementary but separate ways. On the one hand, at the national level, the State must now bite the bullet on … projects. On the other hand, at the international level, the State can no longer ignore the growing interdependence of nations …

state from an interdisciplinary perspective, with law, economics and political science underpinning the analysis. The expert … contributors consider the Washington Consensus and its aftermath across Australia, China, the EU, New Zealand and South Africa in … light of the financial crisis, encompassing public policy issues including banking reform, privatisation and state owned …

into question. This book revisits the relationship between globalisation, the crisis and the state from an …