Development studies

This book proposes a new theoretical framework for agency thinking by examining the ethical, discursive and practical engagements of a group of women development workers in north-west India with developmentalism and individual rights.

Regional Innovation Strategiesoffers the first comprehensive analysis of the new wave of innovation-oriented regional policies.

'Among all the literature on participation, this is the first book I know that focuses on municipal authorities.

The rise of digital technology, particularly artificial intelligence (AI), has transformedsocieties and international politics.

Proponents of the concept of ecological integrity argue that it is a necessary component of global governance on which the sustainable future of the planet and its inhabitants depends.

This book explores non-electoral means of public participation in contemporaryChina, both as an outcome of and a key contributor to the party-state'sefforts to improve its governing capacity.

By concentrating on one of the key locations of global manufacturing, this volume offers a contribution to contemporary industry studies.

'An important tool for researchers and decision-makers alike' Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO) 'An invaluable source for everyone who needs to be up-to-date on international efforts to solve global environmental challenges.

Why did some countries grow rich while others remained poor?

This book provides a comprehensive approach to the perspectives, lived experiences, and socio-cultural beliefs of Indigenous scholars regarding disabilities through a distinctions-based approach.

This book explores how the landscapes in indigenous territories are rapidly changing due to increased global industrial demand.

Sumner and Mallett review the literature on aid in light of shifts in the aid system and the increasing concentration of the world's poor in middle-income countries.

This edited volume in the Community Psychology Book Series emphasizes applications of community psychology for disrupting dominant and hegemonic power relations.

Persistent high employment and growing labour market inequality have become entrenched features of many European countries.

One of the most striking phenomena of China's remarkable economic growth is that its huge volume of exports are becoming high-tech.

This book uses a revised version of Kingdon's multiple-streams framework to examine health financing reforms in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the Republic of Korea (ROK) as well as long-term care insurance (LTCI) reforms in Japan and Singapore.

Historically, many architects, planners, and urban designers solicit idealistic depictions of a controllable urban environment made from highly regulated geometrical organizations and systematically defined processes.

This book is an authoritative account of rural development in Iran, spanning 60 years and 2 distinct political regimes.

International medical travel (IMT), people crossing national borders in the pursuit of healthcare, has become a growing phenomenon.

Political, economic and social barriers among Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada are giving way to global forces and the "e;global dreams"e; they inspire.

Environmental conditions do not exist in a vacuum.

Infrastructure and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa analyzes the extent to which, how, and how fast the infrastructure needs of the poor have been met in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Business is coming under increasing pressure from government, customers and campaigning groups to improve its environmental performance.

For two days each year, Trinidad's capital, Port of Spain, hosts "e;the greatest show on Earth"e; - a raucous mix of music, costume and revelry known as Carnival.

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

This book explores the interaction between anthropology and humanitarianism, focussed on the organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF).

First published in 1997, this volume responds to the rapid change in mid-1980s South East Asia, exploring the uneven distribution of development within the region and providing broad coverage of different aspects of this unevenness at both the regional and national levels.

This book provides a non-technical, accessible primer on sustainable agricultural development and its relationship to sustainable development based on three analytical pillars.

Using "e;the sharing paradigm"e; as a guiding concept, this book demonstrates that "e;sharing"e; has much greater potential to make rural society resilient, sustainable and inclusive through enriching all four sharing dimensions: informal, mediated, communal and commercial sharing.

Chinese Labor in a Korean Factorydraws on fieldwork in a multinational corporation (MNC) in Qingdao, China, and delves deep into the power dynamics at play between Korean management, Chinese migrant workers, local-level Chinese government officials, and Chinese local gangs.

The question of the meaning of progress and development is back on the political agenda.

Chatham's Colonial Policy (1917) examines Britain's colonial plans and ambition in the mid-eighteenth century, under the leadership of the Earl of Chatham - William Pitt the Elder.

This book addresses the issues raised by digital platforms in the Global South, with an emphasis on the cultural stakes involved.

Since restrictions on commonwealth labour immigration to Britain in the 1960s, marriage has been the dominant form of migration between Pakistan and the UK.

Meeting the aims of sustainability is becoming increasingly difficult; at the same time, the call for culture is becoming more powerful.

Elinor Ostrom's Nobel Prize-winning work on common pool property rights has implications for some of the most pressing sustainability issues of the twenty-first century - from tackling climate change to maintaining cyberspace.

The Routledge Handbook of Postcolonial Social Work reflects on and dissects the challenging issues confronting social work practice and education globally in the post-colonial era.

This book examines the dynamics of natural resource conflicts in Africa and explores the different governance approaches for securing sustainable peace.

Maintaining the importance of socio-economic issues in devising transitional justice mechanisms, this book examines the widespread practice of land grabbing in Afghanistan.

This book presents state-of-the-art perspectives on the Blue Economy.

A norm of special treatment for LDCs, created by the UN, has spread to various international organisations including the WTO.

Universal basic income is a controversial policy which is causing a stir amongst academics, politicians, journalists and policy-makers all over the world.

This edited volume examines the relationship between economic ideas, economic policies and development institutions, analysing the cases of 11 peripheral countries in Europe, Latin America and Asia across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Teenage pregnancy is seen as a problem by researchers and policymakers alike all over the world, but particularly so in the context of developing countries.

This book investigates the interconnections between populism and neoliberalism through the lens of postcolonialism.

'The continued poverty of the majority of the planet's inhabitants and excessive consumption by the minority are the two major causes of environmental degradation The present course is unsustainable and postponing action is no longer an option.

Using 50 questions and answers, this book explains the debt impasse for developing countries in a simple but precise manner.

This book aims to provide insights into rethinking pathways in the transition to sustainable built environments in the wake of the pandemic and COP26.