Ravi Bhandari
Biographic Data
| ID | 4046708 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ravi Bhandari |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ravi |
| FAMILY NAME | Bhandari |
| SIGNATURE | BHANDARI R |
| AFFILIATIONS | St Mary’s College, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8459-1295 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Rise of the Global Corporatocracy: An Interview with John Perkins
Economic hit men (EHMs) are highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars. They funnel money from the World Bank, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and other foreign "aid" organizations into the coffers of huge corporations and the pockets of a few wealthy families who control the planet's natural resources. Their tools include fraudulent financial reports, rigged elections, payoff…
The Use and Abuse of Social Capital in Social Science
In parallel with, and as complement to globalisation, social capital has enjoyed a meteoric rise in Sociology and across the social sciences in general over the last two decades. Not surprisingly, it has been particularly prominent across development studies, not least through heavy promotion by the World Bank. As a concept, though, as has been pointed out persistently by a minority critical literature, social capital is fundamentally lawed. Alth…
Rising Ethno-Cultural Nationalism in Nepal: Postmodern Illusion or Democratic Delusion
On 10 April 2008, Nepal turned a new page in its history. Nearly two decades of violence and instability caused by an ongoing political, economic, and cultural crisis ended with the stunning electoral success of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). In addition to resolving the well-known structural and economic imbalances of the country, after five decades of failed development, Nepal must also find a way to resolve the crisis of rising ethno-c…
Searching for a Weapon of Mass Production in Nepal: Can Market-Assisted Land Reforms Live Up to their Promise
The World Bank recently published a comprehensive statement on land reform policy, the first in 30 years, that self-proclaims market-assisted land reform as a key policy to achieve not only efficiency, but even more importantly, equity. At the core of this ‘neo-populist neoclassical’ orthodoxy is: 1) the long-term pursuit of individual property and associated rights; 2) an idealized notion of the egalitarian and efficient small farmer based on th…
Rising Ethno-Cultural Nationalism in Nepal: Postmodern Illusion or Democratic Delusion
On 10 April 2008, Nepal turned a new page in its history. Nearly two decades of violence and instability caused by an ongoing political, economic, and cultural crisis ended with the stunning electoral success of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). In addition to resolving the well-known structural and economic imbalances of the country, after five decades of failed development, Nepal must also find a way to resolve the crisis of rising ethno-c…
Searching for a Weapon of Mass Production in Nepal: Can Market-Assisted Land Reforms Live Up to their Promise
The World Bank recently published a comprehensive statement on land reform policy, the first in 30 years, that self-proclaims market-assisted land reform as a key policy to achieve not only efficiency, but even more importantly, equity. At the core of this ‘neo-populist neoclassical’ orthodoxy is: 1) the long-term pursuit of individual property and associated rights; 2) an idealized notion of the egalitarian and efficient small farmer based on th…
Searching for a Weapon of Mass Production in Nepal: Can Market-Assisted Land Reforms Live Up to their Promise
The World Bank recently published a comprehensive statement on land reform policy, the first in 30 years, that self-proclaims market-assisted land reform as a key policy to achieve not only efficiency, but even more importantly, equity. At the core of this ‘neo-populist neoclassical’ orthodoxy is: 1) the long-term pursuit of individual property and associated rights; 2) an idealized notion of the egalitarian and efficient small farmer based on th…
Rising Ethno-Cultural Nationalism in Nepal: Postmodern Illusion or Democratic Delusion
On 10 April 2008, Nepal turned a new page in its history. Nearly two decades of violence and instability caused by an ongoing political, economic, and cultural crisis ended with the stunning electoral success of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). In addition to resolving the well-known structural and economic imbalances of the country, after five decades of failed development, Nepal must also find a way to resolve the crisis of rising ethno-c…
The Use and Abuse of Social Capital in Social Science
In parallel with, and as complement to globalisation, social capital has enjoyed a meteoric rise in Sociology and across the social sciences in general over the last two decades. Not surprisingly, it has been particularly prominent across development studies, not least through heavy promotion by the World Bank. As a concept, though, as has been pointed out persistently by a minority critical literature, social capital is fundamentally lawed. Alth…
Rise of the Global Corporatocracy: An Interview with John Perkins
Economic hit men (EHMs) are highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars. They funnel money from the World Bank, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and other foreign "aid" organizations into the coffers of huge corporations and the pockets of a few wealthy families who control the planet's natural resources. Their tools include fraudulent financial reports, rigged elections, payoff…
Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Postmodernism (2 works) · Social science (2 works)