Population & Development Books

New and Published Books

1. Circulation in Population Movement (Routledge Revivals)

   Substance and concepts from the Melanesian case

   Edited by Murray Chapman, R. Mansell Prothero

   First published in 1985, this collection of essays deals with processes of population movement and how they have operated over time. It is also about people: Melanesian’s who number some five million and inhabit the region stretching from the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya to the Independent...

   Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
2. Migration and Inequality

   Edited by Tanja Bastia

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

   The ‘migration-development’ nexus has emerged as an important area of both research and policy over the last ten years. However, most of the interest has focused on the potential that migration holds for poverty alleviation. Relatively little attention has been paid to the relationship between...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
3. Chinese Indonesians Reassessed

   History, Religion and Belonging

   Edited by Siew-Min Sai, Chang-Yau Hoon

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

   The Chinese in Indonesia form a significant minority of about three percent of the population, and have played a disproportionately important role in the country. Given that Chinese Indonesians are not seen as indigenous to the country and are consistently defined against Indonesian nationalism,...

   Published October 15th 2012 by Routledge
4. The Global Health Care Chain

   From the Pacific to the World

   By John Connell

   Series: Routledge Research in Population and Migration

   For more than a quarter of a century there has been significant international migration of skilled health workers, but in the last decades, with critical changes in both sending and receiving countries, few parts of the world are now unaffected by the consequences of the migration of health workers...

   Published October 9th 2012 by Routledge
5. Migration in World History

   2nd Edition

   By Patrick Manning

   Series: Themes in World History

   This fully revised and updated second edition of Migration in World History traces the connections among regions brought about by the movement of people, diseases, crops, technology and ideas. Drawing on examples from a wide range of geographical regions and thematic areas, noted world historian...

   Published August 30th 2012 by Routledge
6. The African-Asian Divide

   Analyzing Institutions and Accumulation in Kenya

   By Paul Vandenberg

   Series: New Political Economy

   Why have Africans not gained a more dominant position in urban manufacturing in Kenya? This question is explored through an analysis of the institutions, both formal and informal, that have affected patterns of capital accumulation in Kenya by the African and Asian (Indian) communities. Using a new...

   Published July 26th 2012 by Routledge
7. India Migration Report 2012

   Global Financial Crisis, Migration and Remittances

   Edited by S. Irudaya Rajan

   This volume is a collection of articles dealing with various dimensions of the Global Financial Crisis and its economic and social impact in terms of governance, emigration, remittances, return migration and re-integration. The crisis, which had its origin in the United States in 2008, spread its...

   Published June 28th 2012 by Routledge India
8. The Zeronauts

   Breaking the Sustainability Barrier

   By John Elkington

   A world of 9 billion people by mid-century will demand fundamental changes in our mindsets, behaviors, cultures, and overarching paradigm. Just as our species broke the Sound Barrier during the 1940s and 1950s, a new breed of innovator, entrepreneur, and investor is lining up to break the...

   Published May 13th 2012 by Routledge
9. Economic and Trade Policies in the Arab World

   Employment, Poverty Reduction and Integration

   Edited by Mahmoud Elkhafif, Sahar Taghdisi-Rad, Mutasim Elagraa

   Series: Routledge Political Economy of the Middle East and North Africa

   The Arab Spring and recent popular uprisings that have taken place in many Arab countries since the end of 2010 highlight the urgent need for economic policy reorientation in these countries. This book addresses key issues relevant to the contemporary economic realities of the Arab economies;...

   Published April 25th 2012 by Routledge
10. Labour Migration and Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia

    Critical Perspectives

    Edited by Michele Ford, Lenore Lyons, Willem van Schendel

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

    Since the signing of the UN Trafficking Protocol, anti-trafficking laws, policies and other initiatives have been implemented at the local, national and regional levels. These activities have received little scholarly attention. This volume aims to begin to fill this gap by documenting the...

    Published April 11th 2012 by Routledge