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 March 20th 2013 by Routledge
2. Islam, Development, and Urban Women’s Reproductive Practices

   By Cortney Hughes Rinker

   Series: Routledge Studies in Anthropology

   Drawing on fieldwork conducted in Rabat, Morocco, this ethnography analyzes the relationship between neoliberal development policies, women’s reproductive practices, and popular understandings of Islam. In the 1990s, Morocco shifted its attention from economic to human development, as economic...

   Published March 3rd 2013 by Routledge
3. Community Development in Asia and the Pacific

   By Manohar S. Pawar

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development and Society

   There is a tremendous need for community development practice in the Asia-Pacific region due to its size and prevailing diverse socio-economic, political and cultural needs and issues. Both developed and developing countries have been reemphasizing the importance of community development and have...

   Published September 24th 2012 by Routledge
4. Ritual and Recovery in Post-Conflict Sri Lanka

   By Jane Derges

   Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

   Following over twenty years of war, Sri Lanka’s longest cease-fire (2002-2006) provided a final opportunity for an inclusive peace settlement between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). However, hostilities resumed with ever increasing desperation and ferocity...

   Published September 5th 2012 by Routledge
5. Globalization from Below

   The World's Other Economy

   Edited by Gordon Mathews, Gustavo Lins Ribeiro, Carlos Alba Vega

   This book explores globalization as actually experienced by most of the world’s people, buying goods from street vendors brought by traders moving past borders and across continents under the radar of the law. The dimensions and practices of ‘globalization from below’ are depicted and analyzed in...

   Published July 29th 2012 by Routledge
6. Confronting Capital

   Critique and Engagement in Anthropology

   Edited by Pauline Gardiner Barber, Belinda Leach, Winnie Lem

   Series: Routledge Studies in Anthropology

   This volume is an exploration of the ways in which political economy as a mode of analysis moves anthropology toward a vital, politically engaged form of scholarship. It advances the understanding of the struggles of ordinary people in the face of capitalist change. In the current economic moment...

   Published July 25th 2012 by Routledge
7. 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 June 13th 2012 by Routledge
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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