Development Studies, Environment, Social Work, Urban Studies 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. African Minorities in the New World

   Edited by Toyin Falola, Niyi Afolabi

   Series: African Studies

   This book uncovers the reality that new African immigrants now represent a significant force in the configuration of American polity and identity especially in the last forty years. Despite their minority status, African immigrants are making their marks in various areas of human endeavor and...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. Contested Sudan

   The Political Economy of War and Reconstruction

   By Ibrahim Elnur

   Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series

   Since gaining independence in 1956, Sudan has endured a troubled history, including the longest civil war in African history in Southern Sudan and more recent conflicts such as the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. This book explores this history of ensuing conflict, examining why Sudan failed to...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
4. Everyday Economic Practices

   The 'Hidden Transcripts' of Egyptian Voices

   By Savinna Chowdhury

   Series: New Political Economy

   This book brings to the forefront the significance of local everyday economic practices to development policymaking. Chowdhury's objective in unearthing these diverse activities is two-fold. She demonstrates why it is a misrepresentation to characterize all that is economic as "capitalism...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
5. Disability and Social Work Education

   Practice and Policy Issues

   Edited by Francis K.O. Yuen, Carol B. Cohen, Kristine Tower

   Bridging the chasm between the disabled and a just and fair society takes skill, dedication, and a deep understanding of the issues. Disability and Social Work Education: Practice and Policy Issues presents leading social work experts providing insightful, effective strategies to address the...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
6. Researching Trust and Health

   Edited by Julie Brownlie, Alexandra Greene, Alexandra Howson

   Series: Routledge Studies in Health and Social Welfare

   There is currently a lively debate ongoing in society about the nature of trust and the conditions necessary to establish and sustain it. Given the role of trust in bridging uncertainty, it is perhaps not surprising that as our consciousness of risk has increased, the role and nature of trust in...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
7. Tocqueville's Virus

   Utopia and Dystopia in Western Social and Political Thought

   By Mark Featherstone

   Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

   In the 1850s the social and political theorist Alexis de Tocqueville spoke of ‘a virus of a new and unknown kind’ to explain the inexplicable failure of the French Revolution. This book uses Tocqueville’s idea of the virus to explore the fatal relationship between the concepts of utopia and...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
8. 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
9. Applied Statistics for the Social and Health Sciences

   By Rachel A. Gordon

   Applied Statistics for the Social and Health Sciences provides graduate students in the social and health sciences with the basic skills that they need to estimate, interpret, present, and publish statistical models using contemporary standards. The book targets the social and health science...

   Published May 8th 2012 by Routledge
10. The Comparative Political Economy of Development

    Africa and South Asia

    Edited by Barbara Harriss-White, Judith Heyer

    Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

    This book illustrates the enduring relevance and vitality of the comparative political economy of development approach promoted among others by a group of social scientists in Oxford in the 1980s and 1990s. Contributors demonstrate the viability of this approach as researchers and academics become...

    Published April 30th 2012 by Routledge