Mehmet Odekon is Professor of Economics and Tisch Family
Distinguished Professor at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs,
New York. He received his undergraduate degree in economics from
Bogazici University (formerly Robert College) in Istanbul, Turkey.
He won a Turkish government scholarship to pursue graduate work in
the United States and earned his Ph.D. in economics at the State
University of New York, Albany. After working at Bogazici
University and at the European Institute of Business Administration
(INSEAD) in Fontainebleau, France, he joined Skidmore in 1982.
Dr. Odekon’s research interests include the political economy of
development and globalization and domestic and international
poverty and income equality. He is the editor of the Encyclopedia
of World Poverty (Sage, 2006), and he coedited Economic
Liberalization and Labor Markets (Praeger, 1998), Political Economy
of Turkish Liberalization (Lehigh University Press, 1991), and
Liberalization and the Turkish Economy (Praeger, 1988). He authored
several articles and Costs of Economic Liberalization in Turkey
(Lehigh University Press, 2005). In these publications he analyzes
the effects of the dominant world economic order on economically
disadvantaged groups.
Dr. Odekon co-curated an interdisciplinary exhibit at the Tang
Teaching Museum, Skidmore College, titled “Classless Society”
(November 2013–March 2014). The exhibition, along with its Web site
and catalogue, explores the myth that the United States is a
classless society. He is currently working on a project on
worker-owned cooperatives in the United States.
He is an avid supporter of the Liverpool Football Club.
"Sage′s three-volume Encyclopedia of World Poverty (ISBN
1-4129-1807-3. $395), scheduled for release in July, features over
800 A-to-Z articles on every aspect of poverty. Written by a cast
of over 100 experts in the field, the work places special emphasis
on current vital statistics on poverty, the causes and effects of
poverty, organizations dedicated to fighting poverty, and much
more. Given that over 1.2 billion people currently live in extreme
poverty (i.e., on less than $1 a day), a resource that tackles the
issue in such detail makes for an indispensable addition to all
libraries."
*LIBRARY JOURNAL*
"An informative and comprehensive reference with more than 800
alphabetical, signed entries on all aspects of poverty. This
encyclopedia offers a wealth of statistics and information that is
not readily available elsewhere. The entries have high reading
levels and many include complex technical discussions of
statistical methods, international banking, and economic theories.
A good choice for high school collections."
*Mary Mueller*
"Well designed and indispensable for academic and secondary school
reference collections, it is an important aid for public
administrators, politicians, and others formulating public policies
and analyzing their impact on society."
*Caroline Geck*
"The inclusion of Hurrican Katrina (in the "Natural Disasters"
article) shows that this resource is truly current. Well designed
and indispensable for academic and secondary school reference
collections, is an important aid for public administrators,
politicians, and others formulating public policies and analyzing
their impact on society."
*Garoline Geck*
"The encyclopedia itself is quite readable. The topics are
presented in an engaging and understated manner that invites
browsing and further reading within the volumes. Encyclopedia of
World Poverty should be seriously considered by all academic
and large public libraries."
*Danise Hoover*
"Especially interesting are the articles discussing local
organizations, intergovernmental organizations,
and nongovernmental organizations, as well as theories on how
gender, race, and age are intertwined with poverty. An additional
feature is a set of articles on US presidents′ administrations and
efforts to protect segments of the population such as veterans and
the aged. This thorough effort brings the definition of poverty out
of its narrow income content, while also looking at local
grassroots efforts such as Heifer Project International. The
full-page articles, followed by short bibliographies, are lucidly
written and printed in an easy-to-read font size."
*H. H. Ives*
"Globalization makes the study of world poverty more critical, and
though the topic is huge, this encyclopedia does an effective job
of distilling it into manageable form. Pulling information together
in this way allows researchers to more easily see not only
generalities but also how conditions differ in each country."
*Booklist*
" . . . It provides an interesting starting point for a vast
range of topics. . . it forces readers to appreciate the
breadth of issues, facts, and figures related to poverty around the
world. For this alone the publication deserves credit."
*John W. McArthur*
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