Politics & Development Books

New and Published Books

1. Social Protection in Developing Countries

   Reforming Systems

   Edited by Katja Bender, Markus Kaltenborn, Christian Pfleiderer

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Development Studies

   Providing universal access to social protection and health systems for all members of society, including the poor and vulnerable, is increasingly considered crucial to international development debates. This is the first book to explore from an interdisciplinary and global perspective the reforms...

   Published April 3rd 2013 by Routledge
2. The Political Economy of the Conflict Trade

   Contextualising Illicit Miners and Informal Traders

   By Morten Boas

   Series: Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics

   The economies of conflict play a crucial part in motivating and sustaining the illicit extraction and trade of diamonds, coltan, gold and other natural resources from conflict zones in Sub-Saharan Africa. This book focuses on the political economy of life and death for ordinary people in extreme...

   Published March 27th 2013 by Routledge
3. 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 March 21st 2013 by Routledge India
4. Formal Peace and Informal War

   Security and Development in Congo

   By Zoë Marriage

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Development Studies

   Northern interventions into African countries at war are dominated by security concerns, bolstered by claims of shared returns and reinforcing processes of development and security. As global security and human security became prominent in development policy, Congo was wracked by violent rule,...

   Published March 20th 2013 by Routledge
5. African Agency in International Politics

   Edited by William Brown, Sophie Harman

   Series: Routledge Studies in African Politics and International Relations

   This book analyses the rapidly increasing role of African states, leaders and other political actors in international politics in the 21st Century. In contrast to the conventional approach of studying how external actors impacted on Africa’s international relations, this book seeks to open up a...

   Published March 17th 2013 by Routledge
6. The Politics of Family Planning in the Third World

   Edited by T. E. Smith

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

   First published in 1973, this book is an attempt to examine the political determinants (as opposed to the more usual emphasis upon consequences) of contemporary population policy formation and action in developing countries, with particular reference to policy relating to family limitation....

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
7. Womens' Roles and Population Trends in the Third World

   Edited by Richard Anker, Marya Buvinic, Nadia H. Youssef

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

   First published in 1982, this collection was the result of an ambitious and wide-ranging, inter-disciplinary research programme conducted by the International Labour Office (ILO) on the relationship between women’s roles and demographic change, with a view to influencing contemporary government and...

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
8. Population, Health and Nutrition in the Sahel

   Issues in the Welfare of Selected West African Communities

   Edited by Allan G. Hill

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

   This collection of studies, first published in 1985, describes some contemporary problems of selected pastoral and agro-pastoral communities of the West African Sahel. Several important features of the Sahel are illustrated: the significance of seasonal factors in causing periodic stress amongst...

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
9. Poltiical Change in the Third World

   By Charles Andrain

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

   In this informative and highly readable book, first published in 1988, Charles Andrain explores the ways in which public policies and socio-political beliefs and structures cause political change in the Third World. The author examines 3 types of political change: (1) transitions in political...

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
10. Military Regimes and Development

    A Comparative Analysis in African Societies

    By Olatunde Odetola

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

    First published in 1982, this book aims to examine the role that ruling military governments have played in African development. Dr Odetola discusses military organisational values and skills in modernisation and argues that the evocation and application of these values and skills depends on the...

    Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge