Development studies Books

While a number of societies have begun to lift themselves out of poverty, many more remain in what appears to be a permanent cycle of failure, inappropriate development and exploitation. Assessing this repetition of development failures, this book...

Regionalisation has become a central issue in national and international debates since the end of the Cold War. Yet, when local contributions to regionalism are considered, these are generally related to areas related to philosophy, identity and...

This book examines British and American women's narratives of cosmetic surgery collected between 1995 and 2007, with particular attention to what those narratives say about the contemporary status of cosmetic surgery and "local" ideas about its...

Corruption is linked to a wide range of developmental issues, including undermining democratic institutions, slowing economic development and contributing to government instability, poverty and inequality. It is estimated that corruption costs more than...

Market Liberalizations and Emigration From Latin America provides a comprehensive analysis of the impact of the era of liberalization in Latin America, focusing in particular on labor markets and emigration from the region. Starting in 1980,...

This book discusses various transport sustainability issues from the perspective of developing countries, exploring key issues, problems and potential solutions for improving transport sustainability in China. It first reviews the current transport...

Acknowledgements - Foreword - Introduction - In Whose Interest: Authoritarian Social Organisation, NGO Advocacy Campaigns and the Poorest. An Exploration of Two Indonesian Examples - In Whose Interest: Democratic Community Building through Civics in...

Tables and Figures - Acronyms and Abbreviations - Acknowledgements - Introduction and Overview - The World Bank Takes Centre Stage - 'Accountable to Whom?' and Other Issues for NGOs - World Bank-NGO Project Cooperation: Less than Meets the Eye? - Moving...

Bringing together over thirty years of detailed ethnographic research on the Menraq of Malaysia, this fascinating book analyzes and documents the experience of development and modernization in tribal communities. Descendents of hunter-gatherers who have...

This book analyses the empowerment process of the Bhil as a result of the implementation of the watershed project in Jhabua. This visionary project, planned and implemented by the Bhil community, has put in place an integrated strategy that has given...

This book examines how states in eight countries across Asia and the Pacific address internal displacement in the context of disasters and climate change.　The Asia and the Pacific region accounts for the majority of global disaster-related displacement,...

This book evaluates the evolution of social innovation in post-Soviet Central Asia, Eastern Europe and Caucasus. Following the dissolution of the USSR, organisations such as the UNDP have encouraged local communities and governments to innovate in order...

This handbook explores how global development agendas of economic development influence children's lives. From established scholars and early career researchers, this book will be an essential reference for policymakers, practitioners, researchers and...

This book explores the rise and fall of Latin America's 'left turn', or movement towards more progressive economic or social policies. From a historical and comparative perspective, the book argues that Latin America is entering a new phase of...

One of the key principles for effective aid programmes is that recipient agencies exert high degrees of ownership over the agendas, resources, systems and outcomes of aid activities. Sovereign recipient states should lead the process of development. Yet...

This book uses the Afro-Brazilian art of capoeira to examine how security has been pursued from below and what significance this has for security analysis and policy. Illegal at the beginning of the twentieth century, capoeira is now a cultural...

This book explores the ways in which political settlements can contribute to positive changes in Africa's agricultural and manufacturing sectors. It will be of interest to policy actors and development practitioners, as well as to scholars of...

This book investigates the history, development, and current state of anti-corruption agencies in Latin America.In recent decades, specialized anti-corruption agencies have sprung up as countries seek to respond to corruption and to counter...

This book provides an accessible, research-informed text for students, social workers and other social service workers and community development workers focused on practically linking climate change to social justice.The book is designed for: Those who...

Preface - Introduction - PART 1: RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES - Chinese Diaspora Capitalism - China, Reforms and Opportunities - Towards a Synergy - Cobwebs Across the Divides - PART 2: INTO CHINA THROUGH TRANSNATIONAL NETWORKS - Introduction: The...

What is Corruption? - The Emergence of Modern Public Administration - Corruption in Developed Societies - Corruption in Underdeveloped Societies - Is Corruption a Problem? - Can Corruption be Controlled? - Corruption, Development and De-Development -...

China is among a number of large developing country or new powers on the ascendance in the international system, all of which are deepening their economic relations with Africa However, China is the largest and most powerful of this group. it has sought...

This book explores European student mobility from the perspective of Eastern European students moving to Western Europe for study. It will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of migration and mobility studies, as well as human...

This book investigates how global business cycles impact the economies of developing countries. Global business cycles, the wave-like movements of economic expansion followed by contraction in aggregate economic activities, impact all economies...

List of Tables List of Maps Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introducing Political Struggle as Contemporary African Politics Peasants, Politics, and the Struggle for Development The Politics of Debt and Social Struggle Contesting Democratization New...

Introduction - PART 1: MONITORING SOCIAL CONDITIONS - Growth: the African Disease - Which Social Conditions to Report? - The Real Population Problem - PART 2: A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE STATISTICAL DATA - Food Production and Food Security - Fire and...

Acknowledgements - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction; C.Abel & C.M.Lewis - Evolution of Aggregate Welfare and Development Indicators in Latin America and the OECD, 1950-1985; J-M.A.Bertrand - Determinants of Social Insurance/Security Costs and...

Introduction; F. Ahmadi and N. Ahmadi PART ONE: PHILOSOPHICAL OBSTACLES; F. Ahmadi Short Introduction to the Concept of the Individual in the Western Thought The Importance of Sufism in the Study of the Concept of the Individual in the Ways of Thinking...

List of Tables - List of Figures - List of Abbreviations - Foreword - Bibliographic Details of Contributors - PART 1: NGOs, STATES AND DONORS: AN OVERVIEW AND KEY ISSUES - NGOs, States and Donors: An Overview; D.Hulme & M.Edwards - Donors,...

This edition of New Lives for Old, prepared for the centennial of Mead's birth, features introductions by Stewart Brand and Mead's daughter, Mary Catherine Bateson.When Margaret Mead first studied the Manus Islanders of New Guinea in 1928, they were...

The unprecedented human mobility the world is now experiencing poses new and unparalleled challenges regarding the provision of social and educational services throughout the global South. This volume examines the role played by schooling in immigrant...

This book investigates modern global civilization, offering an alternative to post-colonial theories and the "multiple modernities" approach (as well as the civilizational theory linked to it). It argues that modernity has become a global civilization...

This volume attempts to insert itself within the larger discussion of Africa in the twenty-first century, especially within the realm of world politics. Despite the underwhelming amount of attention given to Africa's role in international politics in...

India's northeastern region, forged by a unique geological history and peopled by several waves of migration, is extraordinarily complex. Farming systems in the hills and the riverine plains are embedded in a heterogeneous environment, comprising...

Development thought emerged as the governing principle of First World global hegemony in the new world order marked by the end of the Second World War and decolonization. Six decades later, at yet another critical geopolitical conjuncture marked by...

The TRIPS Agreement (for trade-related intellectual property rights) provides for the general protection of geographical indications (GIs) of product origin, including for example the special protection of wines and spirits and for the creation of a...

This book explores the sex lives of women with disabilities in Nepal, showing that many women suffer more than men despite prevailing disability policies that emphasize nondiscrimination against people with disabilities. It also argues that far from...

List of Tables List of Figures Foreword Preface List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Notes on Contributors PART I: MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES IN SOUTH EAST ASIA AND IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY The Multinational Corporation: The Managerial Challenges of...

List of Tables and Figures - Acknowledgements - List of Contributors - List of Acronyms - Globalization and the South; C.Thomas - New Myths for the South: Globalisation and the Conflict between Private Power and Freedom; P.Wilkin - Democratic Development...

The mutually energizing and often volatile friendship between Eleanor Roosevelt and Adlai Stevenson-unexplored in depth by scholars until this study-was one of the last century's remarkable political alliances. Both Stevenson and Eleanor Roosevelt shared...

As a representative of these Bourbon reforms, Revillagigedo lived among the subjects of his plans. However, these urban groups: Indians, Spanish elites, and those of mixed race background, were not simply passive recipients of his agenda, but contested...

Hindutva in India is a chauvinist and majoritarian political ideology that conjures up the image of a peaceful Hindu Self visàvis the threatening minority Other. It is pornonationalism in its obsessive preoccupation with the predatory sexuality of the...