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MainstreamGrowthEconomistsandCapitalTheoristsprovidesahistoricalsurveyandidealintroductiontomoderneconomicsarguingthatduetosig-nicantchangesinrecentyearsare-evaluationisinorder.MarinMuzhanipresentsaninformedstudyofthedebatesregardingeco-nomicgrowthanddevelopmentthatbeganinthe1930sinresponsetotheGreatDepression.Hearguesthatinthewakeofthatcrisisthechallengeforeconomistswastounderstandhowtogeneratestableeconomicgrowthinordertopreventfuturecrises.ThetheoriesofJohnMaynardKeynesinparticularsoughttoexplainthereasonsforunemploymentandrecessionspavingthewayfortheeldofmacroeconomicsandchallengingthebasicpremisesofneoclassicaleconomics.Inthelate1930sand1940seconomistsbegantoextendKeynesideassynthesizingthemwithneoclassicalideasinordertoexplaineconomicgrowth.Thisneoclassicalsynthesiswoulddominatemainstreammacroeconomicthoughtforthenextfortyyearsuntilthemid-1980swiththeintroductionofendogenousgrowththeories.Takingintoaccountthehistoricalbackgroundthemultitudeofinterpre-tationsofmoderngrowthmodelsandthegeographyofmainstreamecono-mistsMainstreamGrowthEconomistsandCapitalTheoristswillsimplifythestructureofgrowththeoryforthenextgenerationofeconomists.MarinMuzhaniteachesatEverestCollegeandhasbeenapost-doctoralvisitingscholarindifferentuniversitiesinEuropeandNorthAmerica.ConictedCommitmentsanalyzesaformofnon-violentdirecttransnationalsolidarityinwhichactivistsfromtheglobalNorthtraveltosupportandprotectpeopleintheglobalSouth.GadaMahrousecontendsthatthisbrandofactivismisacompellingsiteofracializedpowerrelationsandishighlyinstructiveforanuancedunderstandingofsystemsofrace.Mahrousearguesthattheindividualswhopartakeinthisformofac-tivismconsciouslydeploytheirwhitewesternprivilegetooffersupportandprotectiontothosefacingthreatsofviolence.Moreovergiventhatthistypeofactivismassertsitselfasanexemplaryformofanti-racistcommitmentitillustratesthatwell-meaningpracticescaninadvertentlyreproduceracializedpowerstructuresthatareembeddedinimperialandcoloniallegacies.MahrousefocusesonPalestineandIraqinthepost-911eratocontemplatethecontemporarychallengesthattheseregionsposeforsolidarityactivism.ByexploringhowindividualactivistsmanageandnegotiatetheirdominantpositioningintheseencountersMahrousereectsmorebroadlyontheethicsofsocialjusticestrategiesinanincreasinglytransnationalworld.AdetailedstudyoftheracializedcomplexitiesandcontradictionsinherentintransnationalsolidarityactivismConictedCommitmentsmakesasigni-cantcontributiontocriticalraceandfeministstudies.GadaMahrouseisassociateprofessorattheSimonedeBeauvoirInstituteofWomensStudiesatConcordiaUniversity.29MQUPSPRING2014CULTURALSTUDIESINTERNATIONALSTUDIESSPECIFICATIONSJune2014978-0-7735-4364-524.95ACDN24.95AUS16.99paper978-0-7735-4363-895.00SCDN95.00SUS71.00cloth5.5x5.5200ppSimultaneouselectroniceditionavailableConictedCommitmentsRacePrivilegeandPowerinSolidarityActivismgadamahrouseAcriticallookatthepoliticsandparadoxesofraceinhumanitarianefforts.ECONOMICSSPECIFICATIONSJune2014978-0-7735-4366-944.95ACDN44.95AUS29.99paper978-0-7735-4365-2120.00SCDN120.00SUS90.00cloth6x9504pp39diagrams2tablesSimultaneouselectroniceditionavailableMainstreamGrowthEconomistsandCapitalTheoristsASurveymarinmuzhaniAnecessaryassessmentofmoderngrowththeorieswithinahistoricalcontext.