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1. Theories and Practices of Development

   2nd Edition

   By Katie Willis

   Series: Routledge Perspectives on Development

   Global economic crisis and the implications of global environmental change have led academics and policy-makers to consider how ‘development’ in all parts of the world should be achieved. However, ‘development’ has always been a contested idea. While often presented as a positive process to improve...

   Published February 23rd 2011 by Routledge
2. Geographies of Developing Areas

   The Global South in a changing world

   By Glyn Williams, Paula Meth, Katie Willis

   This significant new textbook questions traditional conceptions of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean to provide a new understanding of the ‘Global South’, highlighting the rich diversity of regions that are usually only viewed in terms of their ‘problems’. Providing a positive but...

   Published April 5th 2009 by Routledge
3. Theories and Practices of Development

   By Katie Willis

   Throughout the twentieth century, governments sought to achieve 'development' not only in their own countries, but also in other regions of the world; particularly in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. This focus on 'development' as a goal has continued into the twenty-first century,...

   Published July 14th 2004 by Routledge
4. State/Nation/Transnation

   Perspectives on Transnationalism in the Asia Pacific

   Edited by Katie Willis, Brenda S. A. Yeoh

   Series: Routledge Research in Transnationalism

   This edited volume examines the relationship between the nation and the transnation, focusing on transnational communities in the Asia-Pacific region. Setting the book within a theoretical framework, the authors explore a range of themes such as migration, identity and citizenship in chapters on...

   Published February 25th 2004 by Routledge