Arne Ruckert is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Political Studies and the Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS) at the University of Ottawa. He is the author of numerous journal articles and book chapters on the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund’s development policies, which have appeared in Studies in Political Economy; the Canadian Journal of Development Studies; Labour, Capital and Society; and Review of International Political Economy, and in various edited collections. He has recently co-edited a collection on Post-Neoliberalism in the Americas (Palgrave, in press), and is currently co-editing a collection on the World Bank and Poverty Reduction. He received the prestigious Government of Canada Award in 2004 and 2005, won the Canadian Confederation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Graduate Paper Competition in 2006, and was granted the International Studies Association’s Robert W. and Jessie Cox Award in 2008. He is currently conducting SSHRC-funded postdoctoral research on the impacts of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) of Nicaragua and Honduras, and the role of the IFIs in transnational governance.

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Publications

Edited Collections (Refereed)

Post-Neoliberalism in the Americas (co-edited with Laura Macdonald), Palgrave/Macmillan, 2009.

A Decade of Poverty Reform at The World Bank (co-edited with Manfred Bienefeld), special double issue of Labor, Capital, and Society, forthcoming as vol.42, no.1&2, 2009.

Journal Articles (Refereed)

“The Forgotten Dimension of Social Reproduction: The World Bank and the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paradigm”, accepted and forthcoming in Review of International Political Economy, 2010.

“The World Bank, Poverty Reduction and the Transformations of Neoliberalism in Honduras”, accepted and forthcoming in Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 2010.

“A Decade of Poverty Reduction Strategies in Latin America: Disciplining or Empowering the Poor?” Labor, Capital, and Society, vol.42, no.1&2, 2009.

“Introduction to Special Issue: A Decade of Poverty Reform at the World Bank” (co-authored with Manfred Bienefeld), Labor, Capital, and Society, vol.42, no.1&2, 2009.

“Producing Neoliberal Hegemony? A Neo-Gramscian Analysis of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) of Nicaragua”, Studies in Political Economy, vol. 79 (Spring 2007), pp.91-118.

“Ownership and Participation: The Limitations of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) Approach”, Canadian Journal of Development Studies, vol. 28, no.2 (June 2007), pp. 271-84 (co-authored with Mia Mouelhi).

“Towards an Inclusive-Neoliberal Regime of Development: From the Washington to the Post-Washington Consensus”, Labor, Capital, and Society, vol. 39, no.1 (April 2006), pp.34-67.

Book Chapters in Edited Volumes (Refereed)

“Making Neo-Gramscian Sense of the DAC: Towards an Inclusive-Neoliberal World Development Order“, in McBride, S. and Mahon, R., The OECD and Transnational Governance, UBC Press, 2008.

“The World Bank and the Poverty Reduction Strategy of Nicaragua“, in Macdonald, L. and Ruckert, A. (eds), Post-Neoliberalism in the Americas: Beyond the Washington Consensus, Palgrave/Macmillan, 2009.

“Post-Neoliberalism in the Americas: An Introduction“, in Macdonald, L. and Ruckert, A. (eds), Post-Neoliberalism in the Americas: Beyond the Washington Consensus, Palgrave/Macmillan, 2009 (co-authored with Laura Macdonald).

“Afterword: Post-Neoliberal Politics and Pathways“, in Macdonald, L. and Ruckert, A. (eds), Post-Neoliberalism in the Americas: Beyond the Washington Consensus, Palgrave/Macmillan, 2009 (co-authored with Laura Macdonald).

Review Articles

Review of Ray Kiely, The New Political Economy of Development, Canadian Journal of Development Studies (CJDS), vol. 28, no.3-4 (January 2009).

Review of Stephen Haggard and Robert R. Kaufman, Development, Democracy, and Welfare States: Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe, Latin American Politics and Society, vol.50, no.4 (December 2008).

Review of Ha-Joon Chang. Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective. 2002, Capital, Labor, and Society, vol. 41, no.1 (April 2008).

Review of David Craig and Doug Porter, Development Beyond Neoliberalism? Governance, Poverty Reduction and Political Economy, Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 40, no.4 (December 2007).

Articles (Non-refereed)

“The ‘New’ World Bank: Poverty Reduction or Public Relations Strategies?”, Relay, vol. 9 (January/February) 2006.

“A New Role for Canada in the Hemisphere: Canada’s Americas Strategy“, Nexos, vol. 4, no.10 , November 2009, (co-authored with Laura Macdonald).