Download or read book The Global Crisis and Transformative Social Change written by P. Utting and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-03-02 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.