Development Studies

Transition and Justice examines a series of cases from across the African continent where peaceful ‘new beginnings’ were declared after periods of ...

This book examines the failure of 'development' in Central America, where despite billions of dollars of development funding and positive indicator...

This book posits that women’s political leadership is vital for transitions to a sustainable future. It investigates the unsustainability of the cu...

This book posits that women’s political leadership is vital for transitions to a sustainable future. It investigates the unsustainability of the cu...

This book delves into the transformative power of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) in reshaping the landscape of sustainable development in o...

The role of firms, corporations, and businesses in shaping social outcomes has long been a key area of focus for economics and business scholars. W...

This book brings together a range of arts and development scholars and practitioners to explore the unique ways in which arts-based research method...

This book explores the intricate web of global development assistance, dissecting India’s unique position within this dynamic landscape, to study t...

This book provides a compelling exploration into the distinctive approaches East Asian scholars employ to articulate the peculiarities of Asia's mo...

Over the last 25 years, the "Africa Rising" discourse has been used to signify hope and promise for the continent, marking a break from previous pe...

This book explores the intersection of gender, digitalization, and resilience in international development. Building resilience is increasingly see...

Politics of Socio-Spatial Transformation in Pakistan analyses the relationship between socio-spatial transformation, styles of leadership and natur...

At a time when Peru continues to reel from the impact of Covid-19 and the eruption of corruption scandals involving five former presidents, this bo...

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy, just as with the Great Recession a decade earlier, has served to reinforce the fact that...

Women’s Empowerment and Microcredit Programs in India examines the value of microcredit-based self-help groups (SHGs) for women in India and provid...

Corruption, commonly defined as the misuse of public office for private gains, is multifaceted, multidimensional and ubiquitous. This edited collec...

The role and meaning of sustainable development have been recognized in the scientific literature for decades. However, there has recently been a d...

The proliferation of energy, agricultural, water and food insecurity can be attributed to a multitude of factors, including advancements in technol...

This book offers insights into social media practices and challenges in developing nations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Covering different aspects...

The book offers an analytical and empirical account of the specificities of political entertainment in post-authoritarian democracies.Centered arou...

For many countries, primarily in the Global South, extractivism – the exploiting and exporting of natural resources – is big business. For those ex...

This volume presents a theoretical and strategic discussion on the linkages between sustainable graduate employability, skill building and economic...

This book turns to the intellectual discourses that have emerged from India and Latin America, two outposts of the Global South, on the themes of i...

Excessive military spending reduces the available financial reserves for health, education, and other human needs. For poor countries, it increases...

Changing relations between science and democracy – and controversies over issues such as climate change, energy transitions, genetically modified o...

Multinational enterprises (MNEs) are believed to contribute towards economic development of host countries through foreign direct investment (FDI),...

Global health governance has been the subject of wide scholarship, more recently brought to the fore by priorities for global health defined by the...

Given the increase in the ageing population and the evolvement of the Human-Computer Interaction field to a much more humanistic approach, debate i...

This book offers the first systematic theorisation of transnational public spheres from non-Western, spatial, and infrastructural perspectives.The ...

Poverty in Contemporary Economic Thought aims to describe and critically examine how economic thought deals with poverty, including its causes, con...

While leftist governments have been elected across Latin America, this ‘Pink Tide’ has so far failed to reach Peru. Instead, the corporate elite re...

Ragged Trousered NGOs is a compelling first-hand account of the NGO sector and wider civil society over the past 40 years, examining how and why pe...

This book brings together Indian and European perspectives on India‘s polity, economy and international strategy. It explores internal, regional an...

Drawing from decades of research, Setha Low shows how public space contributes to a flourishing society through promoting social justice and democr...

This book addresses the multiple repercussions of South Africa’s democratic transition beginning in 1994 by examining a number of themes with local...

The demand for economic inclusion has increasingly intensified, as manifested by the growing movements of farmers, workers and social activists. Th...

This book is an in-depth analysis of the educational development of tribals in India. Education as Development: Deprivation, Poverty, Dispossession...

This second edition of Development Economics: Theory and Practice continues to provide students and practitioners with the perspectives and tools t...

Based on 25 years of community development practice, six of which have been lived in South Africa, Peter Westoby’s ground-breaking monograph moves ...