Development - Soc Sci Books

New and Published Books

1. Globalization and Transformations of Local Socioeconomic Practices

   Edited by Ulrike Schuerkens

   Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

   This innovative volume provides a comprehensive overview of the transformation of socio-economic practices in the global economy. The contributors offer analytical and comparative insights at the world level, with regard to the current socio-economic practices as well as an assessment of the...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. A Japanese Joint Venture in the Pacific

   Foreign bodies in tinned tuna

   By Kate Barclay

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   The Japanese, and other Asians, are increasingly taking over some of the roles previously played by Europeans in the Pacific islands, which is giving rise to interesting new economic relationships, and interesting new interactions between nationalities. This book considers the role of the Japanese...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. The State in India after Liberalization

   Interdisciplinary Perspectives

   Edited by Akhil Gupta, Kalyanakrishnan Sivaramakrishnan

   Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

   This book assesses the impact of liberalization on practices of government and relations between state and society. It is clear that liberalization as state policy has complex forms of regulation and deregulation inbuilt, and these policies have resulted in dramatic increases in productivity and...

   Published April 30th 2012 by Routledge
4. Governance through Development

   Poverty Reduction Strategies, International Law and the Disciplining of Third World States

   By Celine Tan

   Series: Law, Development and Globalization

   Governance through Development locates the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) framework within the broader context of international law and global governance, exploring its impact on third world state engagement with the global political economy and the international regulatory norms and...

   Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge-Cavendish
5. NGOs in India

   The challenges of women's empowerment and accountability

   By Patrick Kilby

   Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

   By examining how NGOs operate in Southern India in the early 2000’s, this book discusses the challenges faced by small, local NGOs in the uncertain times of changing aid dynamics. The key findings focus on what empowerment means for Indian women, and how NGO accountability to these groups is an...

   Published March 21st 2012 by Routledge
6. Urban Life in Post-Soviet Asia

   Edited by Catharine Alexander, Victor Buchli, Caroline Humphrey

   Capturing a unique historical moment, this book examines the changes in urban life since the collapse of the Soviet Union from an ethnographic perspective, thus addressing significant gaps in the literature on cities, Central Asia and post-socialism. It encompasses Tashkent, Almaty, Astana and...

   Published February 29th 2012 by UCL Press
7. Culture and the Environment in the Himalaya

   Edited by Arjun Guneratne

   Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

   This book is concerned with human-environment relations in the Himalaya. It explores how different populations and communities in the region understand or conceive of the concept of environment, how their concepts vary across lines of gender, class, age, status, and what this implies for policy...

   Published February 5th 2012 by Routledge
8. Re-conceiving Property Rights in the New Millennium

   Towards a New Sustainable Land Relations Policy

   Edited by Ben Chigara

   This book constitutes Volume II of a set of two Volumes. Volume II considers the possibility of a new, sustainable land relations policy for Southern African Development Community States (SADC) that are currently mired up in land disputes that have become subject of domestic, regional and...

   Published August 30th 2011 by Routledge
9. Southern African Development Community Land Issues Volume I

   Towards a New Sustainable Land Relations Policy

   Edited by Ben Chigara

   This book constitutes Volume I of a set of two Volumes. Volume I attempts a holistic inter-disciplinary evaluation of the legitimacy of colonial and emergent post-colonial rule property rights in affected States of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in light of intensifying...

   Published August 25th 2011 by Routledge
10. Tourism and Tibetan Culture in Transition

    A Place called Shangrila

    By Ashild Kolas

    Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

    This book explores the relationship between tourism, culture and ethnic identity in Tibet in , focusing in particular on Shangrila, a Tibetan region in Southwest China, to show how local ‘Tibetan culture’ is reconstructed as a marketable commodity for tourists. It analyses the socio-economic...

    Published June 12th 2011 by Routledge