Developing & Emerging Countries

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853398704Author Tom ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams) 338g

Inequality is back on the academic and political agenda. This book considers the extent and impact of social protection - including social assistance, social insurance, universal allowances and mandates - on inequality. The author illustrates how...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788530033Author Caroline SweetmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams) 310g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788531412Author Joanna LedgerwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams) 500g

The Myth of Development boldly states that the benefits of development, so long promised over the past sixty years, have not come about for most people. Nor are they going to. State-driven and market-led development models have both failed. Many...

Looking beneath the surface of seemingly ordinary social interactions, The Moral Power of Money investigates the forces of power and morality at play, particularly among the poor. Drawing on fieldwork in a slum of Buenos Aires, Ariel Wilkis argues that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853390722Author Raphael KaplinskyFormat HardbackPage Count 244Imprint ITDG PublishingPublisher ITDG PublishingWeight(grams) 526g

The privatization of water supply and wastewater systems, together with institutional restructuring of governance - through decentralization and the penetration of global firms in local and regional markets - have been promoted as solutions to increase...

African social development is often explained from outsider perspectives that are mainly European and Euro-American, leaving African indigenous discourses and ways of knowing and doing absent from discussions and debates on knowledge and development...

This volume gathers contributors across a wide range of disciplines to explore the relationship between the environment, economics, and development in Nigeria from the twentieth century to the present, examining issues such as violence, health, and...

Over recent decades we have witnessed the globalization of research. However, this has yet to translate into a worldwide scientific network, across which competencies and resources can flow freely. Arab countries have strived to join this globalized...

This book explores the sex lives of women with disabilities in Nepal, showing that many women suffer more than men despite prevailing disability policies that emphasize nondiscrimination against people with disabilities. It also argues that far from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789460220272Author Royal Tropical InstituteFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint KIT PublishersPublisher KIT PublishersWeight(grams) 1080g

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788531177Author Julie ZollmannFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams) 420g

Capitalism dominates economies all over the world and is a key force in the process of globalization. What makes it such a uniquely dynamic social and economic force, however, is open to debate. The essays in this book take up this issue, offering...

Over the last decade, Peru has experienced a spectacular mining boom and astronomical economic growth. Yet, for villagers in Peru's southern Andes, few have felt the material benefits. With this book, Eric Hirsch considers what growth means-and...

The End of the Developmental State? brings together leading scholars of development to assess the current status of the "developmental state" in several developing and transitional economies of South Korea, Taiwan, Ireland, the United Kingdom, China,...

International Humanitarian NGOs and State Relations: Politics, Principles and Identity examines the often discordant relationship between states and international non-governmental organisations working in the humanitarian sector. INGOs aiming to provide...

Conceived as a response to the economic naivety and implicit metropolitan bias of many 1950s and 60s studies of 'the sociology of development' , this volume, first published in 1975, provides actual field studies and theoretical reviews to indicate the...

Despite increasing interest in how involvement in local government can improve governance and lead to civic renewal, questions remain about participation's real impact. This book investigates participatory budgeting-a mainstay now of World Bank, UNDP,...

East Asia is widely regarded as the main "winner" in contemporary globalization, unscathed by the economic crisis of 2008, with its leading new industrializing nations and emerging economies. While 20th-century globalization was mainly led by the West,...

Collective Impact is intended to help community leaders effectively engage participants in strategic planning initiatives and achieve desired results. It is a logical extension of, and builds on, earlier efforts that experienced difficulties helping...

Drawing on fifteen years of work in the antislavery movement, Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick examines the systematic oppression of men, women, and children in rural India and asks: How do contemporary slaveholders rationalize the subjugation of other human...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853397707Author Neil NobleFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams) 248g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853397660Author Peter FellowsFormat PaperbackPage Count 568Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams) 916g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853396243Author Roger LewinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 101Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams) 309g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853399879Author Kevin TaylerFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams) 634g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853394843Author Bryan Randolph BrunsFormat PaperbackPage Count 396Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853397257Author Dan TaylorFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853398643Author Anton SimanowitzFormat HardbackPage Count 152Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams) 382g

Social Contracts and Informal Workers in the Global South draws on the accounts of informal workers, who represent over 60 per cent of the global workforce, to advocate for radically new conceptualizations of state-society, capital-labour and...

This book investigates the ways in which young people engage with and contribute to civil society, community development, and local peacebuilding in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Youth engagement and contribution to civil society and local...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853395772Author Czech ConroyFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint ITDG PublishingPublisher ITDG PublishingWeight(grams) 628g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853399473Author Joe DevineFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams) 345g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853398889Author Linda JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853398056Author Rosalind EybenFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams) 348g

An essential exploration of and guide to research ethics in the field. Researchers working in Africa are engaged in ethical, methodological, logistical, emotional and professional compromises. Juggling the demands of being a researcher and being...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853392955Author Miguel A AltieriFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams)...

Action and Knowledge draws on twenty years of experience with the techniques and philosophy of Participatory Action-Research (PAR). PAR is an innovative approach to economic and social change, which goes beyond usual institutional boundaries in...