Development Studies

The post-Mao period has witnessed rapid social and economic transformation in all walks of Chinese life much of it fuelled by, or reflected in, ch...

Why are some regions and cities so good at attracting talented people, creating high-level knowledge, and producing exciting new ideas and innovati...

Conservation and development share an intertwined history dating back to at least the 1700s. But what are the prospects for reconciling the two, an...

Celebrating twenty years of transition from socialism to capitalism, this book is designed to be the core textbook for undergraduate courses in tra...

This book discusses the European Unions approach to governance reform in its development assistance relationships with various groups of developing...

Biofuels and Rural Poverty makes an original contribution to the current controversial global debate on biofuels, in particular the consequences th...

The fisheries sector is in crisis. Inappropriate subsidies to the fishing industry are a key factor responsible for worldwide fisheries depletion, ...

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 identifies the root causes of income inequality in underdeveloped economies and proposes new solutions for structural reform in economies...

This book is a revision of the authors original doctoral thesis on emergency preparedness through community radio in North Indian villages into a w...

This book investigates the power of civil society in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), in the context of the post-Arab Spring era, as well a...

This edited volume defines and compares central aspects of governance and management related to urban open spaces (UOSs) such as long-term manageme...

The Politics of Development: A Survey provides an overview of the intrinsically political relations of development. It brings together essays writt...

Assessing the vulnerability of human populations to global environmental change, particularly climate change, is now the main imperative of researc...

The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781351765633, has been made available under a Creative Co...

With growing awareness of environmental deterioration, atmospheric pollution and resource depletion, the last several decades have brought increase...

As bearers of their own emancipation, the political agency of the subaltern classes is a vexed question, a time-honoured one at that. Why do the su...

At a time when Latin America is experiencing societal unrest from human rights violations, corruption and weak institutions Government and Governan...

This book investigates the intricacies of resource management performance across various sectors within the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. With 13 in-de...

Science and technology have long been considered key for development, problem solving and education in low-income countries, and Sweden has been at...

This handbook provides the most comprehensive examination of Asian citiesdeveloped and developing, large and smalland their urban development. Inve...

This book investigates gender equality and womens empowerment in Sierra Leone, focusing especially on womens interactions with the state and its de...

This volume explores the impact of good governance upon social sectors development in India and other selected economies of the world.Economic deve...

How does a smart organization model enable self-governments to lead local and regional development in a sustainable and resilient manner? What are ...