Narratives of crisis and crisis response : perspectives from north and south / Bob Jessop -- The perils of paradigm maintenance in the face of crisis / Andrew Martin Fischer -- Social reproduction in the global crisis : rapid recovery or long-lasting depletion / Diane Elson -- Shifting global social policy discourse and governance in times of crisis / Bob Deacon -- Financialization and social policy / Ben Fine -- Policy change in turbulent times : the nationalization of private pensions in Argentina / Camila Arza -- Rebounding from crisis : the role and limits of social policy in China's recovery / Sarah Cook -- The global economic crisis and labour markets in the small states of the Caribbean / Andrew S. Downes -- From agrarian crisis to global economic crisis : neoliberalism and the Indian peasantry / Arindam Banerjee -- Restructuring development to address the global financial crisis : lessons from India / Indira Hirway, Seeta Prabhu -- A political economy analysis of crisis response : reflections on India and Thailand / Dev Nathan, Govind Kelkar -- Trade unions and the politics of crisis / Björn Beckman -- Chinese migrant workers in the global financial crisis : government and stakeholder interactions / Ying Yu.