Development studies books

Conducting rural criminological research exposes researchers to concerns such as absence or inadequate official...  Read More >>

This book examines the factors driving youth unemployment in South Africa, exploring potential future outcomes of...  Read More >>

This book discusses management and governance initiatives undertaken by agencies and stakeholders towards achieving...  Read More >>

Clusters and Sustainable Regional Development conceptualises the role of organised clusters in the transition towards...  Read More >>

Liu and Cowan offer a unique in-depth study of educational development and social transformation in rural China....  Read More >>

This book argues that urban outcomes are better understood as the result of the interactions between policies from...  Read More >>

This book, aimed at students in urban studies, critical geography and planning, uses a unique typology of ten core...  Read More >>

The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the vulnerabilities of socio-economic systems globally and exposed the risks...  Read More >>

This book investigates how borders in former Soviet Union territories have evolved and shifted in the thirty years...  Read More >>

This book considers the past and present legacies, continuities and change of the United Nations Trusteeship System...  Read More >>

This book reviews the challenges and opportunities in the implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco...  Read More >>

This book examines the ways in which sport for development and peace (SDP) offers an opportunity for entrepreneurship...  Read More >>

Viewing the Arctic as a key region for global development in the 21st century, this book offers a cross-disciplinary...  Read More >>

This book takes religion as an entry point for a deeper exploration into why practices of gender-based violence...  Read More >>

The book argues that women's perspectives and gender issues must be mainstreamed across African philosophy in order...  Read More >>

This book is an interdisciplinary research work designed to be of interest to a broad range of academics. The book...  Read More >>

This book presents the findings of a ten-year longitudinal study on the experience of Chinese immigrants from Wenzhou...  Read More >>

Presenting case studies and comparisons across seven countries, this book addresses key questions as to the nature...  Read More >>

This book deals with a wide range of issues related to rural-urban migration in the context of neoliberal economic...  Read More >>

This book examines Malaysia’s ambitious reform agenda and educational landscape, drawing upon the eleven key shifts...  Read More >>

This book provides a revamped, transformative, and fiscally sustainable developmental agenda for India to radically...  Read More >>

This book draws on social science analysis to understand the ongoing dynamics within and surrounding local energy...  Read More >>

This handbook is the first systematic overview of the history of development ideas, themes, and actors in the twentieth...  Read More >>

This book uses organisational theory as a window for exploring how power and leadership operates in development...  Read More >>

This book investigates the ways in which young people engage with and contribute to civil society, community development...  Read More >>