Examining the role of the modern nation state, Dexter Whitfield assesses the achievements, failures, costs and benefits of the neoliberal transformation of the state. He demonstrates that private finance of infrastructure, marketization of government and privatization of the welfare state are accelerating the globalization process and generating ever-larger financial, social and environmental crises. Whitfield analyses current trends which are exacerbated by the marketization and partnership agenda advocated by global bodies such as the World Bank, IMF and WTO. He reveals how these policies...