Development studies books

China has become an innovation powerhouse in high-tech industries, but the widely held view assumes the Chinese...  Read More >>

This book analyses the significant socio-cultural factors impacting childbirth experiences of women living in remote...  Read More >>

This volume offers a holistic understanding of the environmental and societal challenges that affect reindeer husbandry...  Read More >>

Re-framing Foreign Aid History and Politics presents an integrated analysis, at once conceptual, historical, and...  Read More >>

This book engages comprehensively with the dynamics of the transitional justice process in Tunisia and its mechanisms,...  Read More >>

This book examines globalization and urban cultures in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, from a socio-cultural view....  Read More >>

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The book highlights new imaginaries required to transcend traditional approaches to law and development. The authors...  Read More >>

This book reveals how categories of gender, class, culture and religion inform hierarchies of social locations and...  Read More >>

Analyses the impact of ICTs on economic development. Offers panel studies on various issues facing developing countries,...  Read More >>

This book examines trends and determinants of economic inequality in cities in Latin America. It asks why some cities...  Read More >>

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This book identifies population as a central issue of polity and examines its links to ideas of state and citizenship....  Read More >>

This volume assesses this nexus of gender and transboundary water governance, containing empirical case studies,...  Read More >>

This book moves away from the orthodox neoliberal paradigm to suggest a new framework linking social policy with...  Read More >>

Entrepreneurial Communities and Ecosystems: Case Study Insights aims to provide applied examples that embody the...  Read More >>

The growing inequality in the global economy across the planet is reaching unprecedented levels. This book seeks...  Read More >>

This book discusses the nuances of corridor development in India and its implications on land acquisition and displacement....  Read More >>

This book increases the awareness of complex phenomena relating to the critical issues and common problems megaprojects...  Read More >>

This book analyses the practice of local-level participatory planning and budgeting and its impact on Gender Responsive...  Read More >>

This collection focuses on two sets of forces. One is China’s domestic politics and economic incentives and disincentives....  Read More >>

This book provides a systemic analysis of sustainable economic development through economic diversification. The...  Read More >>

In this engaging and extensively illustrated book, Cecilia L. Chu retells the ‘Hong Kong story’ by tracing the emergence...  Read More >>

In 2006, Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus made history by bringing the Nobel Peace Prize home to the micro-finance...  Read More >>

This book combines assemblage theory and policy mobilities to inform the study of comparative and international...  Read More >>