The Global Crisis and Transformative Social Change

Global crises not only deeply impact the economy and people's livelihoods, they also unsettle basic ideas and assumptions about the meaning and drivers of development. This collection of theoretical and empirical studies explores the substance and politics of policy change following the 2007/8 crisis from the perspective of developing countries.

SHAHRA RAZAVI is Research Co-ordinator at UNRISD, specializing in gender dimensions of social development. Her recent publications include Underpaid and Overworked: A Cross-National Perspective on Care Workers, co-edited with Silke Staab, Special Issue of International Labour Review (Vol. 149, No. 4, 2010); The Unhappy Marriage of Religion and Politics: Problems and Pitfalls for Gender Equality, co-edited with Anne Jenichen, Special Issue of Third World Quarterly (Vol. 31, No. 6, 2010); and the edited volume The Gendered Impacts of Liberalization: Towards 'Embedded Liberalism'? (2009).PETER UTTING is Deputy Director of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD). His recent publications include 'The implications of civil society innovations for good governance in China: exemplification of a voluntary charity-oriented sphere', in Zhenglai Deng and Sujian Guo (eds), China's Search for Good Governance (2011), Business, Politics and Public Policy: Implications for Inclusive Development and Corporate Social Responsibility and Regulatory Governance: Towards Inclusive Development?, both co-edited with Jose Carlos Marques (2010); and the edited volume Reclaiming Development Agendas: Knowledge, Power and International Policy Making (2006). REBECCA VARGHESE BUCHHOLZ Trade Policy Adviser at Traidcraft, UK. Previously, she was Research Analyst at UNRISD, working in the Markets, Business and Regulation research programme.