Development studies

Critical of the economic and political power relations in contemporary India, this book is written from the vantagepoint of the working masses whose basic economic and democratic rights remain unmet.

This fully revised and expanded new edition provides a short and accessible introduction to how climate change is governed by an increasingly diverse range of actors, from civil society and business actors to multilateral development banks, donors, and cities.

This fully revised and expanded new edition provides a short and accessible introduction to how climate change is governed by an increasingly diverse range of actors, from civil society and business actors to multilateral development banks, donors, and cities.

Globalization, Urbanization, and Civil Society is an interdisciplinary compilation of chapters concerning civil society in the global geopolitical context.

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Taxation and Inequality in Latin America takes a heterodox political economy approach, focusing on Latin America, where current problems of taxation have existed for a century and great wealth contrasts with abject poverty.

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Taxation and Inequality in Latin America takes a heterodox political economy approach, focusing on Latin America, where current problems of taxation have existed for a century and great wealth contrasts with abject poverty.

Globalization, Urbanization, and Civil Society is an interdisciplinary compilation of chapters concerning civil society in the global geopolitical context.

Many new challenges including competitiveness are emerging for sustainable business during this era of disruption.

This book highlights the vulnerability of healthcare buildings in the context of climate change-triggered extreme weather events (EWEs) and the case for mitigation.

This book highlights the vulnerability of healthcare buildings in the context of climate change-triggered extreme weather events (EWEs) and the case for mitigation.

This volume examines the role of higher education and employment in economic development in emerging economies like India.

This volume examines the role of higher education and employment in economic development in emerging economies like India.

This book offers insights into the scholarly debates on formal and informal finance in rural China and fills a gap in the existing literature.

This book offers insights into the scholarly debates on formal and informal finance in rural China and fills a gap in the existing literature.

In this highly original work, Mary Njeri Kinyanjui explores the trajectory of women's movement from the margins of urbanization into the centres of business activities in Nairobi and its accompanying implications for urban planning.

Edited with authority by the influential and respected Stephen Chan, this unique collection of essays gathers together for the first time both African and Chinese perspectives on China's place in Africa.

In this classic text, now in its fourth edition, Gilbert Rist provides a complete and powerful overview of what the idea of development has meant throughout history.

In this classic text, now in its fourth edition, Gilbert Rist provides a complete and powerful overview of what the idea of development has meant throughout history.

In this book some of the leading thinkers in development studies trace the history of their multi-disciplinary subject from the late colonial period and its establishment during decolonization all the way through to its contemporary concerns with poverty reduction.

The market places and street corners of Dar es Salaam are home to a thriving informal economy of street vendors selling secondhand clothing and other goods.

In this book some of the leading thinkers in development studies trace the history of their multi-disciplinary subject from the late colonial period and its establishment during decolonization all the way through to its contemporary concerns with poverty reduction.

Men of the Global South: A Reader is the most diverse and accessible volume yet published on men and masculinities throughout the developing world.

The message of this courageous classic book is that the benefits of development, so long promised over the past sixty years, have not come about for most people.

This volume covers Kenya's history, society, culture, economics, politics, and environment from precolonial times through the first years of independence.

Drawing on ethnographic research conducted with the Thai migrant community in Hong Kong between 2016 and 2020, this book provides original insights into the complexity and diversity of identity negotiation, ethnicity navigation, and womanhood reinvention of Thai migrant women in Hong Kong.

This book examines contemporary food systems in Italy, paying particular attention to the landscape, innovative local practices and local cultural history.

This book studies the dialectic relationship between the image of the child and the toy in literary depictions of childhood in 19th- and 20th- century Anglo-American fiction.

This book studies the dialectic relationship between the image of the child and the toy in literary depictions of childhood in 19th- and 20th- century Anglo-American fiction.

This book examines contemporary food systems in Italy, paying particular attention to the landscape, innovative local practices and local cultural history.

This book examines how Africa can secure a 'just transition' to low-carbon, climate-resilient economies.

This book explores the interlinkages between copyright and tertiary education regimes, and their complementary roles for sustainable human development.

This book comprises a selection of papers presented at the International Conference of Sustainable Electrical Engineering and Intelligent Systems (ICSEEIS 2025).

En el contexto de la actual crisis mundial del desarrollo y de la convivencia humana, la transdisciplinariedad (TD) puede ofrecer un aporte determinante al destino común de la humanidad, abandonando la vía de la destrucción violenta y emprendiendo la de la civilización sostenible de los ciudadanos de la Tierra.

Winner of the 2024 Business Book Awards (Change & Sustainability category)Winner of the Bronze Axiom Business Book Award 2024 in the Philanthropy / Non Profit / Sustainability category.

Changes in the economy and greater competition force us to adapt our business practices and to take greater account of the needs of consumers and the social problems they care about.

Changes in the economy and greater competition force us to adapt our business practices and to take greater account of the needs of consumers and the social problems they care about.

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.

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.

This edited volume discusses the rise, positioning and role of small-scale, voluntary development organisations in the Global North.

This edited volume discusses the rise, positioning and role of small-scale, voluntary development organisations in the Global North.

As young people constitute the future development of Cuba, constant analysis of their diverse life experiences is necessary in new and diverse publications by a variety of researchers.

British Colonial Policy in the Age of Peel and Russell (1930) examines British colonial administration during the administrations of Sir Robert Peel and Lord John Russell.

This book provides a comprehensive account of EU's renewable energy policy development as it traces the agenda-shaping, policy formulation and decision-making phases of the EU's secondary legislation on renewable energy - that is the three successive directives of 2001 (RES-E), 2009 (RED), and 2018 (RED II).

This textbook presents a detailed insight into the structures and processes of preparing students for Model United Nations (MUN) conferences and for attending Model United Nations conferences, subsequently.

This book focuses on Arab youth marginalization along intersectional lines of gender, ethnicity and social class in four cities: Jerusalem, Amman, Cairo, and Tunis.

This book provides contributions in international law, development, and international relations from a cross section of jurists and scholars including a justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and a former Judge of the International Court of Justice at The Hague.

This book focuses on the interrelations between nature and humans, in particular on those segments of societies that have been left behind (marginal groups).