Developing & Emerging Countries

600 million Indians, more than half the population, are under twenty-five. This generation lives between extremes: more connected and global than ever, but with narrow ideas of Indian identity; raised with the cultural values of their grandparents, but...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853392689Author Bevill PackerFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint ITDG PublishingPublisher ITDG PublishingWeight(grams) 370gDimensions(mm) 245mm * 176mm...

Shortlisted for the 2022 TaPRA David Bradby Monograph Prize Applied Theatre: A Pedagogy of Utopia offers a critical consideration of long-term applied and participatory theatre projects. In doing so, it provides a timely analysis of concepts that...

A behind-the-scenes look at how the rich and powerful use offshore shell corporations to conceal their wealth and make themselves richerIn 2015, the anonymous leak of the Panama Papers brought to light millions of financial and legal documents exposing...

This book investigates the barriers to women's economic empowerment in the Global South. Drawing on evidence from a wide range of countries, the book outlines important lessons and practical solutions for promoting gender equality. Despite global...

This is a study of how ethnic diversity is represented in public institutions in India, and how politics manages ethnic inequalities. New data on representational patterns in parliament cover the diversity of caste, tribe and religion. Material...

The Kurdish territory of Rojava in Syria has become a watchword for radical democracy, communalism and gender equality. But while Western radicals continue to project their own values onto the revolution, the complexities of the situation are often...

THEORY AND EXPLANATION IN GEOGRAPHY "With this book Henry Yeung puts Geography back into the driver's seat of new theory development. Foregrounding mid-range theories and mechanism-based explanations, he offers a pragmatic approach that has the capacity...

This fully updated fifth edition of An Introduction to African Politics is an ideal textbook for those new to the study of this fascinating continent. Charting trends in government over six decades of the post-colonial era, the book tackles key questions...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853391972Author Steve HurstFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint ITDG PublishingPublisher ITDG PublishingWeight(grams) 505gDimensions(mm) 243mm * 175mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767929424Author Nina MunkFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Doubleday & Co Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 266gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

This is an indispensable career guide for everyone wanting to work in or already working in the international development and humanitarian emergencies sector. It provides a general introduction and insight into the sector, for those exploring it as a...

This work compares the development experiences of East Asia and the Arab world. It posits that in view of the collapse in socialism and its ideological retreat, their development performances are intensely over determined by their modes of integration...

Sub-Saharan Africa faces three big inter-related challenges over the next generation. It will double its population to two billion by 2045. By then more than half of Africans will be living in cities. And this group of mostly young people will be ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853396441Author Lisa VeneKlasenFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams)...

Shortlisted for the Fage and Oliver Prize 2018 In 2013, the Central African Republic was engulfed by violence. In the face of the rapid spread of the conflict, journalists, politicians, and academics alike have struggled to account for its origins. ...

This comprehensive and broad-ranging introductory textbook examines the key aspects of contemporary international development from both a practical and theoretical perspective. It addresses the fundamental question of what 'development' actually is and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853392030Author Jules JanssenFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams)...

A sense of urgency pervades global environmentalism, and the degrowth movement is bursting into the mainstream. As climate catastrophe looms closer, people are eager to learn what degrowth is about, and whether we can save the planet by changing how we...

Choice Experiments in Developing Countries is an invaluable one-stop presentation of the best-practice case studies implementing the choice experiment method in developing countries. It highlights the theoretical and practical issues that should be taken...

How foreign lending weakens emerging nationsIn the nineteenth century, many developing countries turned to the credit houses of Europe for sovereign loans to balance their books and weather major fiscal shocks such as war. This reliance on external...

What part do the values of growth and prosperity, freedom and justice, security and democracy play in social policy and human welfare? How can we judge the validity of these - the founding principles of Western liberalism - and the policies they shape,...

Examining the foundations of development, Shivakumar describes how societies can reconstitute themselves to improve their developmental well-being. He argues that the unitary state focus in theory and practice limits the creative potential of individuals...

This book provides a broad picture of Sri Lanka's on-going political and economic crisis as the culmination of several centuries of colonial and neo-colonial developments. The book presents the Sri Lankan crisis as an exemplification of a broader global...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853393358Author UNIFEMFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams)...

Between 1983 and 2009 Sri Lanka was host to a bitter civil war fought between the Government and the Tamil Tigers, which sought the creation of an independent Tamil state. In May 2009 came the war's violent end with the crushing defeat of the Tamil...

International cooperation has never been more needed, but the current system of "aid" is outdated and ineffective. The Future of Aid calls for a wholesale restructuring of the aid project, a totally new approach fit for the challenges of the 21st...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788532037Author Neil McCullochFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams) 220g

Hotter and dryer than most parts of the world, the Middle East could soon see climate change exacerbate food and water shortages, aggravate social inequalities, and drive displacement and political destabilization. And as renewable energy eclipses fossil...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788534413Author Deborah DoaneFormat HardbackPage Count 186Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853399459Author Professor Robert ChambersFormat PaperbackPage Count 214Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action...

A sobering study of the troubled African nation, both pre- and post-genocide, and its uncertain future The brutal civil war between Hutu and Tutsi factions in Rwanda ended in 1994 when the Rwandan Patriotic Front came to power and embarked on an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906387716Author Chambi ChachageFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Pambazuka PressPublisher Pambazuka PressWeight(grams) 217gDimensions(mm) 198mm *...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788534666Author Mahbooba WaiziFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams)...

This book explores the transition to the circular economy through a multi-dimensional lens, highlighting its necessity for a sustainable future. It analyses both public and network governance models essential for systemic transitions and contextualises...

The water resources we receive from mountains are literally melting away before our eyes. Mountains and alpine glaciers - often referred to as the world's 'water towers' - are becoming increasingly vulnerable to climate change and unsustainable human...

The book unravels the entangled relationship between ascriptive identity (caste) and space (urban) and how this interaction (re)moulds urban stratification. Urban rather represents a liminal space while offering promising opportunities to aspire and...

The SDG Progress Report for Asia and the Pacific 2025 provides a comprehensive assessment of the region's progress towards the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and their 169 targets as well as the challenges and crises that are holding back progress in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788534109Author Steven WerlinFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams)...