This book examines the implications of the recent global financial crisis for economic and social reform. The book presents a comparative analysis across three main sectors: 1) economically advanced countries; 2) developing and newly industrialized countries; and 3) the international institutional architecture. The crisis has highlighted fundamental questions regarding the role of state and societal governance within a capitalist market economy. While concern surrounding the governance deficits associated with an increasingly liberalized global economy has displayed a secular increase over a period of decades, the turbulence of the last year has thrust such concerns into an intense spotlight. The Financial Crisis, Economic and Social Reform will be of interest to students and scholars of international political economy, governance, public and social policy development, and sociology.