{"product_id":"postcolonial-economies-dipesh-chakrabarty-9781848134058","title":"Postcolonial Economies","description":"\u003cp\u003ePostcolonial approaches to understanding economies are of increasing academic and political significance as questions about the nature of globalisation, transnational flows of capital and workers and the making and re-making of territorial borders assume centre stage in debates about contemporary economies and policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite the growing academic and political urgency in understanding how 'other' cultures encounter 'the west', economics-oriented approaches within social sciences have been slow to engage with the ideas and challenges posed by postcolonial critiques. In turn, postcolonial approaches have been criticised for their simplistic treatment of 'the economic' and for not engaging with existing economic analyses of poverty and wealth creation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUtilising examples drawn from India to Latin America, and bringing together scholars from a range of disciplines, including Geography, Economics, Development Studies, History and Women's Studies, \u003cem\u003ePostcolonial Economies\u003c\/em\u003e breaks new ground in providing a space for nascent debates about postcolonialism and its treatment of 'the economic'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jane Pollard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1848134053\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781848134058\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00d","brand":"Jane Pollard","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43942673219839,"sku":"9781848134058","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_981f15c7-a094-4d78-93fd-2409f4c95726.jpg?v=1681493696","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/postcolonial-economies-dipesh-chakrabarty-9781848134058","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}