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1. Pastoralism and Development in Africa

   Dynamic Change at the Margins

   Edited by Andy Catley, Jeremy Lind, Ian Scoones

   Series: Pathways to Sustainability Series

   Once again, the Horn of Africa has been in the headlines. And once again the news has been bad: drought, famine, conflict, hunger, suffering and death. The finger of blame has been pointed in numerous directions: to the changing climate, to environmental degradation, to overpopulation, to...

   To Be Published July 1st 2012 by Routledge
2. Scoones 3 Book Pack

   By Ian Scoones

   Published September 1st 2011 by Routledge
3. Scoones 2 Book Pack

   By Ian Scoones

   Published August 29th 2011 by Routledge
4. Revolutionizing Development

   Reflections on the Work of Robert Chambers

   Edited by Andrea Cornwall, Ian Scoones

   This book tells the story of development studies in practice over the last fifty years through the work of one remarkable individual, Robert Chambers. His work has taken him from being a colonial officer in Kenya through training and managing large rural development projects to a fundamental...

   Published April 19th 2011 by Routledge
5. The Politics of Biofuels, Land and Agrarian Change

   Edited by Saturnino Borras Jr., Philip McMichael, Ian Scoones

   Series: Critical Agrarian Studies

   This book addresses key questions on biofuels within agrarian political economy, political sociology and political ecology. Contributions are based on fresh empirical materials from different parts of the world. The book starts with four key questions in agrarian political economy: Who owns what?...

   Published March 23rd 2011 by Routledge
6. Dynamic Sustainabilities

   Technology, Environment, Social Justice

   Edited by Melissa Leach, Ian Scoones, Andy Stirling

   Series: Pathways to Sustainability Series

   Linking environmental sustainability with poverty reduction and social justice, and making science and technology work for the poor, have become central practical, political and moral challenges of our times. These must be met in a world of rapid, interconnected change in environments, societies...

   Published April 22nd 2010 by Routledge
7. Avian Influenza

   Science, Policy and Politics

   Edited by Ian Scoones

   Series: Pathways to Sustainability Series

   Over the past decade, substantial resources have been spent on tackling avian influenza and building a global capacity for a pandemic response. The catastrophic costs of the 1918 influenza pandemic are well documented, and the swine flu pandemic of 2009-10 has raised the alarm yet again. Across the...

   Published April 15th 2010 by Routledge
8. Understanding Environmental Policy Processes

   Cases from Africa

   By James Keeley

   Edited by Ian Scoones

   A critical analysis of the post-Rio consensus on environment and development which questions the role of particular forms of internationalized elite scientific expertise. It asks why certain understandings of environmental change stick with such tenacity. In exploring this, the authors unravel the...

   Published March 31st 2003 by Routledge
9. Dynamics and Diversity

   Soil Fertility and Farming Livelihoods in Africa

   Edited by Ian Scoones

   Soils are critical to agriculture and, in turn, to food supply and livelihoods. Sustainable management of soils is crucial for a large proportion of the population of Africa. Contrary to many claims, soil fertility is improved and managed successfully by small-scale farmers there. Careful studies...

   Published July 31st 2001 by Routledge
10. Sustaining the Soil

    Indigenous Soil and Water Conservation in Africa

    Edited by Chris Reij, Ian Scoones, Calmilla Toulmin

    Indigenous soil and water conservation practices are rarely acknowledged in the design of conventional development projects. Instead, the history of soil and water conservation in Africa has been one of imposing external solutions without regard for local practice. There is a remarkably diverse...

    Published August 31st 1996 by Routledge