social work

In part I, you have learned about the declining rate of profit and a subsequent capital accumulation offensive, the Washington Consensus, IFIs and their structural adjustment programs, and how select Asian governments’ implementation of relatively more protectionist regulation, against the advisement of IFIs, have allowed them to fair better than Latin American countries. In part 2, you have been reading about how the implementation of neoliberal policies have negatively impacted societies in the Global South and how free market-driven responses have attempted to address the economic and social disruptions that neoliberalism has helped engender. In your part 2 review paper, address the following:

1) How have IFIs policies and neoliberal economic coordination negatively impacted poor and working-class women in the Global South? April Ane Knutson’s “Haitian Women in the New World Order”’ and Hester Eisenstein’s “In the Global South ‘Women’ Replace Development” touch on this matter.

2) How have liberal programs of amelioration failed and/or succeeded in addressing poverty and destitution in the Global South? James Petras’ “NGOs: In the Service of Imperialism”, Mike Davis’ “Illusions of Self-Help”, Hester Eisenstein’s “In the Global South ‘Women’ Replace Development”, and Ananya Roy’s “Small Worlds: The Democratization of Capital and Development” touch on this matter.

3) Argue if you agree or disagree if the Washington Consensus and IFIs are primarily responsible for poverty in the Global South and if the amelioration measures mentioned in the readings of part 2 are adequate. You are welcome to use outside sources. The use of outside sources is optional.

Be sure to address all three abovementioned points in your paper. You will need to cite passages from texts in the curriculum. You may select any citation style you like. Write in Times New Roman, double-spaced, 12 point font. The paper ought to range from 7 to 10 pages. This assignment is due Saturday, June 10, 2017 at 11:59pm

Note that there will not be additional essay quizzes. The part 2 review paper will be the only remaining assignment for the course.