Demystifying Bretton Woods Institutions’ Rhetoric on Public Services

This article reviews Bretton Woods Institutions’ approach to public services, including during the recent COVID-19 crisis. Drawing on the specific case of IMF and World Bank’s response to the multiple crisis triggered by the pandemic, it shows that there is a discourse-practice disjuncture in the in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Mariotti, Chiara, Romero, María José
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Palgrave Macmillan UK 2022
Materias:
Special Section
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9660200/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36406477
http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41301-022-00354-z
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Sumario:This article reviews Bretton Woods Institutions’ approach to public services, including during the recent COVID-19 crisis. Drawing on the specific case of IMF and World Bank’s response to the multiple crisis triggered by the pandemic, it shows that there is a discourse-practice disjuncture in the institutions approach to public services as they continue to favour austerity and market-oriented solutions for the delivery of public services. The article therefore seeks to demystify the Bretton Woods institutions rhetoric and demand the adoption of a different way of understanding public services, and social policy more broadly.

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