Development Studies

This book brings a fresh, original approach to understand social action in China and Vietnam through the conceptual lens of informal environmental ...

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China is growing in importance to the economies and governments of the world, and it has been run by men with very different ideas. How China copes...

Childhoods at the Intersection of the Local and the Global examines the imposition of the modern Western notion of childhood, which is now deemed a...

Mining and hydrocarbon production in Latin America is high-stakes for extractive firms, communities in resource-rich zones, and states. Amid global...

The way in which energy is governed in China is driving its rising level of carbon dioxide emissions. This book analyses the nature of energy gover...

Community-based development' (CBD) or'community-driven development' (CDD) has been the predominant approach to international development in recent ...

The authors explore the fresh water crisis of Himalayan Asia. While the region hosts some of the world's mightiest rivers, it is also home to rapid...

This volume scrutinizes new developments in contemporary mobility and migration politics and shows that they are based on a mix of traditional coer...

Communities throughout the world are increasingly diverse in their racial, ethnic and religious make up. Using examples drawn from over 50 countrie...

The South Asian diaspora is a diverse group who settled in different parts of the world, often concentrated in developed countries. This volume exp...

Building upon a range of case studies that range from civil war to maritime security and cyber crime, the contributors analyse how non-state actors...

Drawing from a rich mix of survey data, interviews, and access to internal meetings, Brian Doherty and Timothy Doyle show how FoEI has developed a ...

Some states have a long history of reaching out to citizens living in other countries but since 2000 it has become much more common for states to e...

This book provides a critical approach to sport-for-development, acknowledging the potential of this growing field but emphasising challenges, prob...

Academics, policy-makers and practitioners from Africa and beyond document new ways of thinking about issues concerning governance and revenue flow...

Diane Stone addresses the network alliances or partnerships of international organisations with knowledge organisations and networks. Moving beyond...

This book investigates the pervasive problem of corruption across the Middle East and North Africa. Drawing on the specifics of the local context, ...

This book presents the latest evidence from Young Lives, a unique international study of children and poverty. It shows how the persistence of ineq...

This book aims to further the understanding of migration processes and policies in a European context with a particular focus on evaluating integra...

Universities are increasingly criticised for their limited relevance to a globalized and unequal world. Drawing on research from over 27 countries,...

By highlighting the scope and limitations of local NGO agencies, this book presents a unique perspective of the relationship between peacebuilding ...

Drawing on case studies from the global South, this book explores the politics of mediated citizenship in which citizens are represented to the sta...

International institutions (United Nations, World Bank) and multinational companies have voiced concern over the adverse impact of resource extract...

Development researchers face many challenges in producing robust and persuasive analyses, often within a short time-frame. This edited volume tackl...

Development education is a radical form of learning that addresses the structural causes of poverty and injustice in the global North and South. Th...

The author develops an original interpretation of foreign aid by analysing it as a particular domain of international government. She demonstrates ...

The author assesses the politics of different humanitarian interventions in the Mexico-US border region developing a unique perspective on the sign...

Migration has become, since the nineties, the subject of growing international discussion and cooperation. By critically analyzing the reports prod...

The debate about languages of instruction in Africa and Asia involves an analysis of both the historical thrust of national government and also dev...

The world of trade is changing rapidly, from the 'rise of the South' to the growth of unconventional projects like fair trade and carbon trading. B...

Immigrants and minorities in Europe and America have responded in diverse ways to security legislation introduced since 9/11 that targets them, lab...

After a Facebook rebellion in Egypt and Twitter protests in Turkey, the internet has been proclaimed as a globe-shifting, revolutionizing force tha...

This book argues that the G20 is neither a global executive board for a new world order, nor is it just a crisis unit for failing economies. It is ...

Combining historical, social and regulative analysis, this book builds a compelling critique of frontier thinking as it continues to form our assum...

This four-volume collection of Open Access books presents trans-disciplinary dialogues on the modern state formation and high economic growth of mi...

This book shows how domestic political institutions and the lack of time pressure have an impact on negotiations at the WTO. It provides detailed i...

Popular struggles in the global south suggest the need for the development of new and politically enabling categories of analysis, and new ways of ...

Development was founded on the belief that religion was not important to development processes. The contributors call this assumption into question...

The authors explore the outlook of Rwanda in the context of development of East Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. They examine Rwanda's vision, achiev...

Covers topical issues for Africa's development, economics and politics of climate change, water management, public service delivery, and delivering...

Multiple sclerosis is an incurable neurological disease of unknown cause with a fearful reputation for generating disability, unemployment, poverty...

This volume brings emerging research on religion and development into conversation with politics. Deploying innovative conceptual frameworks, and d...

Humans generate millions of tons of waste every day. This waste is rich in water, nutrients, energy and organic compounds. Yet waste is not being m...

This book investigates how women's power and caste cleavages often continue to transcend and crosscut the boundaries of caste/tribe, gender, age, c...

Religion is playing an increasingly central role in African political and developmental life. This book offers an empirical and theoretical reflect...

Based on fieldwork among undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers Illegal Traveller offers a narrative of the polysemic nature of borders, border...

Since the book was first published, NGOs have continued to rise in prominence, but our concerns have been little redressed. The new Preface and Aft...