Indonesia Betrayed: How Development Fails

by Elizabeth Fuller Collins

Book Overview

Supporters of neoliberalism claim that free markets lead to economic growth, the creation of a middle class, and the establishment of democratically accountable governments. Critics point to a widening gap between rich and poor as countries compete to win foreign investment, and to the effects on the poor of neoliberal programs that restrict funding for health, education, and welfare. This book offers a ground-level view from Sumatra of the realities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824831837
• ISBN13: 9780824831837
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 8.8"