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1. Community Development in Asia and the Pacific

   By Manohar S. Pawar

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development and Society

   There is a tremendous need for community development practice in the Asia-Pacific region due to its size and prevailing diverse socio-economic, political and cultural needs and issues. Both developed and developing countries have been reemphasizing the importance of community development and have...

   Published September 24th 2012 by Routledge
2. Technical Knowledge and Development

   Observing Aid Projects and Processes

   By Thomas Grammig

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development and Society

   Development and aid projects often fail to improve technological capacity. Their reform has been a widely acknowledged challenge for three decades. This book demonstrates theoretically and empirically how aid practitioners shape the organizational, social and inter-cultural dynamics of development...

   Published September 11th 2012 by Routledge
3. Protecting Biological Diversity

   The Effectiveness of Access and Benefit-sharing Regimes

   By Carmen Richerzhagen

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development and Society

   During the last ten years the enormous global loss of biodiversity has received remarkable attention. Among the numerous approaches undertaken to stop or lessen this process, access and benefit-sharing (ABS), a market-based approach, has emerged as among the most prominent. In theory, ABS turns...

   Published September 4th 2012 by Routledge
4. Social Development

   Critical Themes and Perspectives

   Edited by Manohar S. Pawar, David R. Cox

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development and Society

   This edited collection demonstrates that the ideas inherent in social development are practical and not utopian. By discussing and delineating a social development approach, the book argues the need for practicing it at local or grassroots-level communities to promote universal social justice and...

   Published September 4th 2012 by Routledge
5. India’s New Economic Policy

   A Critical Analysis

   Edited by Waquar Ahmed, Amitabh Kundu, Richard Peet

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development and Society

   Conventional interpretations of the New Economic Policy introduced in India in 1991 see this program of economic liberalization as transforming the Indian economy and leading to a substantial increase in the rate of India’s economic growth. But in a country like India, growth is not enough. Who...

   Published September 4th 2012 by Routledge
6. Rural Development Theory and Practice

   By Ruth McAreavey

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development and Society

   Rural development is inherently viewed as a positive thing; it is seen as something that brings together groups of individuals with automatic positive implications and outcomes. Policy rhetoric frequently uses popular terms such as involvement, participation and power sharing to describe rural...

   Published July 26th 2012 by Routledge
7. On the Edges of Development

   Cultural Interventions

   Edited by Kum-Kum Bhavnani, John Foran, Priya Kurian, Debashish Munshi

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development and Society

   Big business, financial institutions, and capitalist powers have wreaked much havoc on the Third World in the name of development. This book re-imagines development through a careful and imaginative exploration of some of the many ways that culture – in the broadest sense of lived experience and...

   Published July 26th 2012 by Routledge
8. The Political Economy of Water and Sanitation

   By Matthias Krause

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development and Society

   According to recent estimates, around 6,000 people – mostly children under five – die every day from diseases caused by inappropriate water and sanitation (WS) services. Much of the academic and political debate surrounding this issue has focused on private sector participation. By...

   Published July 26th 2012 by Routledge
9. Neoliberalism, Development, and Aid Volunteering

   By Nichole Georgeou

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development and Society

   This work comes at an important time of global crisis and change, where the world is ravaged by natural disasters, wars and poverty. This has increased the pressure on governments and other organisations, such as volunteer sending agencies, which provide aid, and we have seen an upward trend...

   Published July 25th 2012 by Routledge
10. Information Technology, Development, and Social Change

    Edited by Fay Patel, Prahalad Sooknanan, Giselle Rampersad, Anuradha Mundkur

    Series: Routledge Studies in Development and Society

    The speed and cost effectiveness of new information technology has prompted many to view these innovations as a panacea for social and economic development. However, such a view flies in the face of continuing inequities in education, health, food, and infrastructure. This volume explores these...

    Published April 2nd 2012 by Routledge