Developing & Emerging Countries

Managing Development in a Global Context examines the complex relationship between management, development and globalization from a multidimensional perspective. Key authors in the field explore the historical record, the current global, characteristics...

This book discusses the geopolitics of development from the point of view of the Global South. Written by scholars and development experts from Africa, Asia, and Latin America, this volume presents reflections on various historical, current, and future...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789386582560Author Ashwin ParulkarFormat PaperbackImprint Speaking Tiger BooksPublisher Speaking Tiger BooksWeight(grams) 254g

This book revisits Cox and Harrod's conception of 'unprotected workers' through theoretical reflection and empirical explorations of the rise of millennialism, prostitution and the sex industry, the politics of migration, the interstices of class and...

Why are some transnational public-private partnerships (PPPs) highly effective, while others are not? The contributors compare 21 transnational PPPs that seek to provide collective goods in the field of sustainable development.Book InformationISBN...

This book elaborates the need, in a rapidly urbanizing world, for recognition of the ecological communities we inhabit in cities and for the development of an ethics for all entities (human and non-human) in this context. Children and their entangled...

Domestic violence continues to be a social problem that is rarely understood or discussed in many parts of the world. The same holds true in the Anglophone Caribbean. The Caribbean context is unique as it was birthed out of colonization, which was...

This book revisits Cox and Harrod's conception of 'unprotected workers' through theoretical reflection and empirical explorations of the rise of millennialism, prostitution and the sex industry, the politics of migration, the interstices of class and...

This open access book presents contributions to decolonize development studies. It seeks to promote and sustain new forms of solidarity and conviviality that work towards achieving social justice.Recognising global poverty and inequalities as historic...

Jude Howell brings together eight in-depth studies of the politics of global non-governmental public action. Covering detailed empirical research around the themes of environmentalism, security, children's rights and more, the contributors explore the...

Drawing from long term ethnographic work and practice in Guatemala, this incisive and interdisciplinary text brings in perspectives from critical disability studies, postcolonial theory and critical development to explore the various interactions and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783836417501Author Dave V WrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publisher VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Weight(grams) 195g

This open access book presents contributions to decolonize development studies. It seeks to promote and sustain new forms of solidarity and conviviality that work towards achieving social justice.Recognising global poverty and inequalities as historic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782369602941Author Xu ChangfuFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint Monda Asembleo Socia (Mas)Publisher Monda Asembleo Socia (Mas)Weight(grams) 358g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789994450664Author Asnake KefaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 68Imprint Forum for Social StudiesPublisher Forum for Social StudiesWeight(grams) 122g

This open access book provides methodological devices and analytical frameworks for the study of societies in transformation. It explores a central paradox in the study of change: making sense of change requires long-term perspectives on societal...

This book provides a multifaceted analysis of the so-called US 'rebalance' (or 'pivot') toward Asia by focusing on the diplomatic, military, and economic dimensions of the American policy shift in the Asia Pacific region.Book InformationISBN...

Development education is a radical form of learning that addresses the structural causes of poverty and injustice in the global North and South. This volume debates development education practice and the policy environment in which it is delivered. It...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798227576439Author Allan J Alonzo WindFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Allan J. Alonzo WindPublisher Allan J. Alonzo WindWeight(grams)...

This book is a collection of 15 case studies on China's foreign aid and economic cooperation with developing countries. Each case introduces the general information of a China's project, analyzes its features and impacts, and especially focuses on...

This book is about the right to basic education and its impact on development in Africa. It focuses on the elusive subject of litigating the right to education by examining jurisprudence from select African countries and India. The project further...

This book contributes to our understanding of a neglected and poorly-understood concept within the development field: 'capacity development' in the context of human and organisational sustainable development. Relating 'capacity development' to other...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781899365555Author Andres JaroslavskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Latin America BureauPublisher Latin America BureauWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798887721026Author John LokFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Notion Press, Inc.Publisher Notion Press, Inc.Weight(grams) 186g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789956764631Author Munyaradzi MawereFormat PaperbackImprint Langaa RPCIDPublisher Langaa RPCIDWeight(grams) 753g

Despite various decades of research and claim-making by feminist scholars and movements, gender remains an overlooked area in development studies. Looking at key issues in development studies through the prisms of gender and feminism, the authors...

Decision makers' attitude towards women and gender has a significant influence on development, especially after conflict. This book analyses the effects of gender-inclusive policies deployed by the Kurdistan Regional Government in the areas of politics,...

This book explains how issues of governance lie at the heart of understanding and combating the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa. It reviews the debates surrounding the root causes of the pandemic and its continuing proliferation and examines the local and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789956726509Author Komla TseyFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Langaa RPCIDPublisher Langaa RPCIDWeight(grams) 270g

Throughout history authoritarian governments have outnumbered democratic ones to an overwhelming degree. Even today, true democracies are an exception. In this book, Somit and Peterson argue that the main reason for this pattern is that humans are social...

This book discusses the social and economic problems currently faced by Brazil as one of the largest "emerging countries". It examines the prospects of Brazilian development from an interdisciplinary perspective, and studies both socio-economic...

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Legitimacy is an essential concept in politics. But what is it? This book seeks to answer this question through adopting Weber's sociological approach to legitimacy. Weber argues that we should not only understand legitimacy from the perspective of the...

This book explains some of the ways in which deteriorated socioeconomic conditions (inequality in particular) and institutional limitations (corruption, electoral exclusion, and a weak rule of law, among others) affect political stability in extremely...

This open access book contributes to thriving debates in academic as well as professional circles about the role of civil society in shrinking civic spaces, rising authoritarianism and right-wing populism, conflicts, fragile states, and most lately, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781928331957Author Tim DaviesFormat PaperbackPage Count 590Imprint African MindsPublisher CompressWeight(grams) 1007gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm * 30mm

This book explores the multifaceted obstacles to social change that India, Myanmar and Thailand face, and ways to overcome them. With a collection of essays that identify common challenges and salient features affecting diverse communities, this volume...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782869785540Author Hans MullerFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint CODESRIAPublisher CODESRIAWeight(grams) 414gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 15mm

By the author of "Voting Behaviour in an Indian Village" and "Reaching Out to the Poor", this book deals with development studies. Topics covered range from Asian development experience and unexplored theoretical explanations to...

This open access book sets out the contours of feminist political ecology (FPE) as a major contribution to ongoing debates in the field. As Professor Lyla Mehta says in her Foreword, the book is "foregrounding multiple ways of knowing and being, thus...