Politics & Development Books

New and Published Books

1. Civil Society and Participatory Governance

   Municipal Councils and Social Housing Programs in Brazil

   By Maureen M. Donaghy

   Series: Routledge Studies in Latin American Politics

   Democratic institutions should promote accountability of government officials to the needs of citizens. Civil society plays a role in exposing corruption as well as in communicating the needs of low-income residents to officials. Neither the institutions of representative democracy nor the presence...

   Published January 31st 2013 by Routledge
2. Locating Right to the City in the Global South

   Edited by Tony Samara, Shenjing He, Guo Chen

   Series: Routledge Studies in Human Geography

   Despite the fact that virtually all urban growth is occurring, and will continue to occur, in the cities of the Global South, the conceptual tools used to study cities are distilled disproportionately from research on the highly developed cities of the Global North. With urban inequality widely...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
3. Caribbean Sovereignty, Development and Democracy in an Age of Globalization

   Edited by Linden Lewis

   Series: Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics

   Many of the nations of the Caribbean that have become independent states have maintained as a central, organizing, nationalist principle the importance in the beliefs of the ideals of sovereignty, democracy, and development. Yet in recent years, political instability, the relative size of...

   Published December 12th 2012 by Routledge
4. Globalization, Political Institutions and the Environment in Developing Countries

   By Gabriele Spilker

   Series: Routledge Research in Environmental Policy and Politics

   Though industrialized countries are usually the ones indicted when environmental pollution is discussed, over the few last years the rate of emissions in developing countries has increased by a startling amount. The fallout from this increase is evidenced by the struggle of cities like Beijing to...

   Published December 7th 2012 by Routledge
5. Development Policies of Central and Eastern European States

   From Aid Recipients to Aid Donors

   Edited by Ondřej Horký-Hlucháň, Simon Lightfoot

   The states from Central and Eastern Europe that joined the EU in 2004 and 2007 provide a fascinating series of case studies for scholars interested in politics, IR and development studies. The interest comes from the fact that never before had so many recipients of EU aid joined the Union and taken...

   Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
6. Routledge Handbook of Public Policy

   Edited by Eduardo Araral, Scott Fritzen, Michael Howlett, M. Ramesh, Xun Wu

   This Handbook provides a comprehensive global survey of the policy process. Written by an outstanding line up of distinguished scholars and practitioners, the Handbook covers all aspects of the policy process including: Theory – from rational choice to the new institutionalism Frameworks –...

   Published November 19th 2012 by Routledge
7. Improving International Investment Agreements

   Edited by Armand De Mestral, Céline Lévesque

   Series: Routledge Research in International Economic Law

   This book presents the reflections of a group of researchers interested in assessing whether the law governing the promotion and protection of foreign investment reflects sound public policy. Whether it is the lack of "checks and balances" on investor rights or more broadly the lack of balance...

   Published November 19th 2012 by Routledge
8. Kindling of an Insurrection

   Notes from Junglemahals

   By Chandan Sinha

   The tribal areas of central and eastern India have been under the intractable shadow of left-wing extremism in recent years, fuelling a serious internal crisis in the country. While the clashes between the Maoists and the State have been highlighted by the media, academics and others, the situation...

   Published November 6th 2012 by Routledge India
9. Celebrity Humanitarianism

   The Ideology of Global Charity

   By Ilan Kapoor

   Series: Interventions

   In the last two decades especially, we have witnessed the rise of ‘celebrity’ forms of global humanitarianism and charity work, spearheaded by entertainment stars, billionaires, and activist NGOs (e.g. Bob Geldof, Bono, Angelina Jolie, Madonna, Bill Gates, George Soros, Save Darfur, Medeçins Sans...

   Published October 24th 2012 by Routledge
10. Populism in Venezuela

    By Ryan Brading

    Series: Routledge Studies in Latin American Politics

    Populism in Venezuela analyses the emergence, formation, reproduction and resistance to a left-wing populist project in a major world oil producer. For readers who seek to understand the historical, economical and sociological contexts that gave rise to a 38 year-old mestizo-mulato Lieutenant...

    Published October 18th 2012 by Routledge