{"product_id":"in-and-against-development-ben-fine-9798888907900","title":"In and Against Development: The World Bank Behind the Looking Glass","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe second of two volumes written \"in and against development\" meticulously criticizes the World Bank's scholarship and assesses alternative approaches to development studies.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e Long self-proclaimed as the \"Knowledge Bank\", the World Bank is as active it is criticized for being in its endeavors to promote US interests in the the age of globalization, neoliberalism and financialization across its scholarship, ideology and policy in practice. Its analytical framing draws upon economics imperialism in general, and its evolution through three phases. Corresponding phases of new, newer and newest development economics are identified, with the World Bank taking a leading role in each, with implications for the expanding scope of development economics and its contestations with development studies. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Fine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798888907900\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Haymarket Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 366\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.77d","brand":"Ben Fine","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48659660538111,"sku":"9798888907900","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-and-against-development-ben-fine-9798888907900","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}