Development studies books

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What Works for Africa's Poorest Children: From measurement to action

What Works for Africa's Poorest Children: From measurement...

Author: David Lawson (Senior Lecturer in Development Economics and Public Policy, University of Manchester) ,  Diego Angemi (Chief, Social Policy and Advocacy, UNICEF Uganda)
ISBN: 9781788530453
Format: Hardback
$162.88

What Works for Africa’s Poorest Children? From Measurement to Action provides cutting edge examples on how we can...  Read More >>

40 Critical Thinkers in Community Development

40 Critical Thinkers in Community Development

Author: Peter Westoby ,  David Palmer
ISBN: 9781788531221
Format: Hardback
$116.31

40 Critical Thinkers in Community Development invites readers to deepen their practice by reflecting on the roots...  Read More >>

The Political Economy of Agrarian Extractivism: Lessons from Bolivia

The Political Economy of Agrarian Extractivism: Lessons...

Author: Ben M. Mckay
ISBN: 9781788531382
Format: Hardback
$116.31

Ben M. McKay analyzes how the Bolivian countryside is transformed by the development and expansion of the soy complex...  Read More >>

Discovering Childhood in International Relations

Discovering Childhood in International Relations

Author: J. Marshall Beier
ISBN: 9783030460624
Format: Hardback
$232.85

This book examines how and why, in the context of International Relations, children’s subjecthood has all too often...  Read More >>

Tawang, Monpas and Tibetan Buddhism in Transition: Life and Society along the India-China Borderland

Tawang, Monpas and Tibetan Buddhism in Transition: Life...

Author: M. Mayilvaganan ,  Nasima Khatoon
ISBN: 9789811543456
Format: Hardback
$343.17

This book presents various facets of border life in the strategic eastern sector of the India-China frontier, i.e....  Read More >>

Preventive Diplomacy, Security, and Human Rights in West Africa

Preventive Diplomacy, Security, and Human Rights in...

Author: Okon Akiba
ISBN: 9783030253530
Format: Hardback
$422.37

This edited volume focuses on the development and conflict prevention mechanism of the Economic Community of West...  Read More >>

Dimensions of Poverty: Measurement, Epistemic Injustices, Activism

Dimensions of Poverty: Measurement, Epistemic Injustices,...

Author: Valentin Beck ,  Henning Hahn
ISBN: 9783030317102
Format: Hardback
$232.85

A new consensus is emerging that effectively addressing poverty requires a nuanced understanding of poverty as a...  Read More >>

Regulating Telecommunications in South Africa: Universal Access and Service

Regulating Telecommunications in South Africa: Universal...

Author: Charley Lewis
ISBN: 9783030435264
Format: Hardback
$145.17

This book provides the first full account of the 20-year story of universal access and service in South Africa’s...  Read More >>

Governance and Societal Adaptation in Fragile States

Governance and Societal Adaptation in Fragile States...

Author: John Idriss Lahai ,  Helen Ware
ISBN: 9783030401337
Format: Hardback
$290.37

This book examines the various ways in which some fragile states in the Global South (or states with limited statehood)...  Read More >>

Handbook of Communication for Development and Social Change

Handbook of Communication for Development and Social...

Author: Jan Servaes
ISBN: 9789811520136
Format: Hardback
$1293.72

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Dividing Africa with Policy: The Influence of the Union for the Mediterranean on the Unity and Security of Africa

Dividing Africa with Policy: The Influence of the Union...

Author: Lara Hierro
ISBN: 9783030413019
Format: Hardback
$145.17

This book addresses timely concerns of rising African nationalism and the 2nd decolonisation in Africa. The wholesale...  Read More >>

Social Transformation and State Governance in China: Theory, Path, and Policy Process

Social Transformation and State Governance in China:...

Author: Xianglin Xu
ISBN: 9789811540202
Format: Hardback
$145.17

This volume is a selection of Chinese political scholar Xianglin Xu’s published works spanning nearly 20 years of...  Read More >>

Political Violence and Oil in Africa: The Case of Nigeria

Political Violence and Oil in Africa: The Case of Nigeria...

Author: Zainab Ladan Mai-Bornu
ISBN: 9783030455248
Format: Hardback
$145.17

The book argues that in order to better understand the undercurrents of the Niger Delta conflict, it is imperative...  Read More >>

Order of East Asia: Regional Transformation, Competition among Main Powers, and China’s Strategy

Order of East Asia: Regional Transformation, Competition...

Author: Honghua Men
ISBN: 9789811546532
Format: Hardback
$290.37

This book describes the past, present and future of East Asian order, and analyzes how China, Japan, the U.S and...  Read More >>

Legal Mobilization in Large-Scale Land Deals: Evidence from Sierra Leone and the Philippines

Legal Mobilization in Large-Scale Land Deals: Evidence...

Author: Annette Schramm
ISBN: 9783848767038
Format: Paperback
$84.48

This book enquires how local communities affected by large-scale land deals make use of legal norms to protect their...  Read More >>

Diverse Pedagogical Approaches to Experiential Learning: Multidisciplinary Case Studies, Reflections, and Strategies

Diverse Pedagogical Approaches to Experiential Learning:...

Author: Karen Lovett
ISBN: 9783030426903
Format: Hardback
$448.77

This edited collection offers a unique multidisciplinary perspective into the many factors that go into designing,...  Read More >>

The Macroeconomics of Developing Countries: An Intermediate Textbook

The Macroeconomics of Developing Countries: An Intermediate...

Author: Giovanni Andrea Cornia (Department of Economics and Management University of Florence Italy)
ISBN: 9780191889851
Format: Undefined
$105.60

The Macroeconomics of Developing Countries provides a comprehensive discussion of the exogenous factors and macroeconomic...  Read More >>

African Economic Development: Evidence, Theory, and Policy

African Economic Development: Evidence, Theory, and...

Author: Christopher Cramer (Professor of the Political Economy of Development Department of Development Studies Soas University of London) ,  John Sender (Emeritus Professor of Economics Soas University of London)
ISBN: 9780191870972
Format: Undefined
$118.80

Unevenness and inequalities form a central fact of African economic experiences. This book challenges conventional...  Read More >>

The Socialist Good Life: Desire, Development, and Standards of Living in Eastern Europe

The Socialist Good Life: Desire, Development, and Standards...

Author: Cristofer Scarboro ,  Diana Mincyte
ISBN: 9780253047793
Format: Paperback
$84.48

From Polish VCRs to Ukrainian fashion boutiques, tropical fruits in the GDR to cinemas in Belgrade, The Socialist...  Read More >>

The Socialist Good Life: Desire, Development, and Standards of Living in Eastern Europe

The Socialist Good Life: Desire, Development, and Standards...

Author: Cristofer Scarboro ,  Diana Mincyte
ISBN: 9780253047762
Format: Hardback
$211.20

From Polish VCRs to Ukrainian fashion boutiques, tropical fruits in the GDR to cinemas in Belgrade, The Socialist...  Read More >>

Expanding Horizons in Health Communication: An Asian Perspective

Expanding Horizons in Health Communication: An Asian...

Author: Bernadette Watson ,  Janice Krieger
ISBN: 9789811543883
Format: Hardback
$448.77

This book explores the ways in which Eastern and Western medical knowledge inform each other in the treatment of...  Read More >>

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