Development studies

This book examines the various economic, political and developmental policy challenges that Malaysia faces in her shift from a middle income to high-income economy.

This book provides an examination of e-Government frameworks and maturity stages in governments around the world, including an overview of the legal frameworks that have supported them.

Neoliberal capitalism positions us all as consumers in a hypermarket where money talks.

This edited volume bridges the "e;analytical divide"e; between studies of transatlantic relations, democratic peace theory, and foreign policy analysis, and improves our theoretical understanding of the logic of crises prevention and resolution.

Dual Legacies in the Contemporary Caribbean (1986) is a comparative and systematic study of the legacies bequeathed by British and French colonial rule in the Caribbean.

Each year millions of people are displaced from their homes and lands.

The number of internally displaced people far outnumbers estimated refugees who have fled their countries.

This book focuses on the connection between Brazil and Antarctica, two regions that can be seen as distant and contrasting, but are physically, culturally and politically associated.

This revised and expanded second edition of Routledge International Handbook of Migration Studies provides a comprehensive basis for understanding the complexity and patterns of international migration.

The Sustainable Development Goals were launched in 2015 with grand ambitions for ending poverty, protecting the planet, and ensuring prosperity for all, with 'no one left behind'.

This volume includes the proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on "e;From Smart City to Smart Factory for a Sustainable Future"e; (SCFF24), held at VSB - Technical University of Ostrava from May 14 to 16, 2024.

This book exposes the potential to advance a cultural approach to sustainable urban development.

This book identifies the impact of internal and external stakeholders on the implementation of sustainable development policies in the coal mining sector in Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States.

The promotion of an enterprise culture and entrepreneurship in India in recent decades has had far-reaching implications beyond the economy, and transformed social and cultural attitudes and conduct.

The Middle East in the World offers students a fresh, comprehensive, multidisciplinary entry point to the broader Middle East.

Sustainable finance involves making investment decisions that consider not only financial returns, but also environmental, social, and governance factors.

Social Banking describes a way of value-driven banking that has a positive social and ecological impact at its heart, as well as its own economic sustainability.

Explores new geographies of urban poverty, examining the citizenship, legal status and politics of the rehabilitated poor.

Highly informalized cities of the global South are often portrayed as chaotic and out of control - this book reveals a spatial logic of informal urbanism that is central to the economic life and livelihoods of such cities.

The Oxford Handbook of Global Studies provides an overview of the emerging field of global studies.

Grassroots Social Security in Asia investigates the role of mutual associations in providing income protection to low-income people in Asia and in particular the region's developing countries.

Trade connections and cultural exchange between Africa and the rest of the global South have existed for centuries.

This book is an interdisciplinary study of struggles for indigenous self-determination and the recognition of indigenous' territorial rights in Latin America.

What challenges do pedestrians and cyclists face in cities of the developing world?

This book considers how the establishment and/or improvement of gender equality impacts on the social, economic, religious, cultural, environmental and political developments of human societies in Africa and its Diaspora.

Over recent decades, decentralization has emerged as a key Public Sector Reform strategy in a wide variety of international contexts.

This book scrutinizes the frequently ignored agency of Global South sub-national actors in their interactions with China, using a multidisciplinary approach and eleven case studies.

This volume seeks to unravel and contextualize the so-called dichotomy of 'old' and 'new' India and what binds them together.

The making of modern Thailand is grounded in specific political institutions, Brahmanical tropes, and sacred Buddhist traditions stylized with Hindu rituals.

A selection of 50 Slovak folk tales assembled from the collections of folklorist Pavol Dobsinsky.

This book introduces readers to the many dimensions of historical and contemporary Indian transnationalism and the experiences of migrants and workers to reveal the structures of transnationalism and the ways in which Indian origin groups are affected.

The future of economic growth is one of the decisive questions of the twenty-first century.

This book examines HIV/AIDS vulnerabilities, impacts and responses in the socioeconomic and cultural context of Sub-Saharan Africa.

This book provides a theoretical and empirical examination of the links between environmental change, land grabbing, and migration, drawing on research conducted in Senegal and Cambodia.

This book presents an in-depth and provoking analysis of the current global landscape and the challenges it presents for development.

This book examines Malaysia's ambitious reform agenda and educational landscape, drawing upon the eleven key shifts in the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2025.

Civil Society and Japan's Foreign Aid examines the changing relations between the Japanese state and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in promoting effective aid policies and analyzes the changing nature of policy making and governance in Japan.

Symbiosis Conference on Rule of Law in Context (SYMROLIC) represents the point of arrival of Faculty of Law, SIU to maturity with its own imprint in the world of legal research.

This book is a collection of essays honouring and engaging with the work of the late Professor Patrick McAuslan.

Exploring the interplay between globalization, education and international development, this comprehensive introduction surveys the impact of global education policies on local policy in developing countries.

This handbook incisively explores challenges and opportunities that exist in efforts aimed at addressing inequities in mental health provision across the globe.

This book addresses the paradox between preponderance of hunger in a continent that is well endowed with fertile agricultural land, plenty of fresh water and a vibrant labor force.

Much about India's economy and aid flows has changed in the last two decades.

This book critically assesses the human security challenges faced by states, focusing on how and to what extent the state is influenced by global structures and operations.

This book delivers crucial historical background in these times, as bloc-building returns to the global economy and China and Russia massively intensify their economic cooperation.

The concentrations camps that existed in the colonised world at the turn of the 20th Century are a vivid reminder of the atrocities committed by imperial powers on indigenous populations.

This book analyses the complexity of South and Southeast Asia in international health, taking into account the impact of the geopolitics of the Cold War on the development of public health and development in the regions.