From poverty to power : how active citizens and effective states can change the world / Duncan Green ; foreword by Amartya Sen.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-446) and index.

List of figures, tables, and boxes -- About the author -- Foreword / Amartya Sen -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Acknowledgements -- List of acronyms -- Part 1. Introduction -- The unequal world -- Part 2. Power and Politics -- The political roots of development -- I have rights, therefore I am -- How change happens: A revolution for Bolivia's Chiquitano people -- I believe, therefore I am -- I read, therefore I am -- I surf, therefore I am -- We organise, therefore we are -- How change happens: Winning women's rights in Morocco -- I own, therefore I am -- I vote, therefore I am -- I steal, therefore I am: Natural resources, corruption, and development -- I rule, therefore I am -- From poverty to power -- Part 3. Poverty and Wealth -- An economics for the twenty-first century -- Living off the land -- How change happens: The fishing communities of Tikamgarh -- The changing world of work -- Private sector, public interest -- Going for growth -- How change happens: Two African success stories (Botswana and Mauritius) -- Sustainable markets -- Part 4. Human Security -- Living with risk -- Social protection -- How change happens: India's campaign for a National Rural Employment Guarantee -- Finance and vulnerability -- Hunger and famine -- HIV, AIDS, and other health risks -- How change happens: South Africa's Treatment Action Campaign -- The risk of natural disaster -- Climate change: Mitigation, adaptation, organisation -- Living on the edge: Africa's pastoralists -- Violence and conflict -- Shocks and change -- Part 5. The International System -- Who rules the world? -- The international financial system -- The international trading system -- The international aid system -- How change happens: The 2005 Gleneagles Agreements -- International rules and norms -- The international system for humanitarian relief and peace -- How change happens: Landmines, an arms control success story -- Climate change -- Global governance in the twenty-first century -- Part 6. The Food and Financial Crises of 2008-11 -- The food and financial crises of 2008-11 -- The global financial crisis -- Living on a spike: The food price crises of 2008 and 2011 -- Part 7. Conclusion -- A new deal for a new century -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Background papers and case studies -- Glossary -- Index.