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The Market Tells Them So: The World Bank and Economic Fundamentalism in Africa
The Market Tells Them So The World Bank and Economic Fundamentalism in Africa Author:John Mihevc Structural adjustment is not just an economic strategy, but, this book argues, embodies a social, cultural and even religious vision for the remaking of Africa and the world. This critique of the World Bank's structural-adjustment agenda in Africa criticizes the value-free pretensions of economics. It provides an integrated understanding of ques... more »tions of faith and values in development and helps to explain why churches are so intimately involved in these struggles. The book focuses on three aspects of structural adjustment in Africa: the fundamentalist character of World Bank thinking in the scale of its ambitions and its denial of the legitamacy of contrary views; criticisms of structural adjustment from a variety of social-science perspectives; and the resistance to this agenda emerging from African churches and social movements.« less