Book Spotlights

Critical and Feminist Perspectives on Financial & Economic Crises

Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, James Heintz & Stephanie Seguino, eds. Critical and Feminist Perspectives on Financial & Economic Crises. Routledge, 2015. The collection of international studies assembled here takes an innovative approach to analyzing a range of issues, from the subprime mortgage crisis to the gendered effects of austerity to the role of the International Monetary Fund in governing an unstable global economy. In so doing, it looks beyond causes and consequences and points to new directions for macroeconomic and financial policy.

MDGs, Capabilities and Human Rights: The Power of Numbers to Shape Agendas

Sakiko Fukuda-Parr & Alicia Yamin, eds. MDGs, Capabilities and Human Rights: The Power of Numbers to Shape Agendas. Routledge, 2015. Building on 11 case studies and a conceptual framework, this book provides a goal-by-goal analysis by leading specialists in the relevant fields. These specialists analyse the choices made, as well as the empirical and normative effects of the MDGs to offer insights for a more rigorous use of indicators and cautions on their limitations and perverse consequences.