
Faith And Credit
The World Bank's Secular Empire
Susan George(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 18. April 2019
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-0-367-01022-5 (ISBN)
Description
The authors compare the ideologies of the free-market with religious faith, giving the World Bank the role of a secular church setting out to convert the world's underdeveloped economies to the consumer capitalist way, and so to create an enormous secular empire. This book is published in September 1994 to coincide with the World Bank's 50th annive
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 133 mm
Weight
690 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-01022-5 (9780367010225)
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Content
Introduction and Basics -- In the Beginning -- The Other Ancestor -- Structural Salvation -- Interlude -- False Prophecies -- The Fundamentalist Freedom Fighter -- L'Esprit de Corps -- Interlude -- Governance: The Last Refuge? -- The Environmental Battlefield -- Interlude -- Intellectual Leadership and the H Street Heretics -- Ruling the Realm -- The Bank Perceived: Images and Self-Images -- Interlude -- Conclusion