Development Studies Paperbacks

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. 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 March 21st 2013 by Routledge
3. Informal Institutions and Rural Development in China

   By Biliang Hu

   Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy

   Providing an account of the role of informal institutions in Chinese rural development, this book, based on a decade of fieldwork of village life in the Chinese countryside, puts forth a distinctive argument on a very important topic in Chinese economic and social affairs. Focusing in particular on...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
4. The Political Economy of Reform Failure

   Edited by Mats Lundahl

   Economists have moved in recent years beyond analyzing the manner in which the macroeconomies of different countries function and prescribing appropriate policies for dealing with domestic and external imbalances. Increasingly, they have sought to understand the complex interaction between...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
5. 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
6. Development and Underdevelopment

   A Profile of the Third World

   By John P. Cole

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

   Initially published in 1987, this work deals with crucial aspects of development, including disparities in global patterns of production and consumption. John Cole examines the exhaustion of non-renewable resources and the destruction of the natural environment and, on the potentially positive side...

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
7. 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
8. The Political Economy of Underdevelopment

   By S. B. D. de Silva

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

   First published in 1982, this reissue deals with the theory of underdevelopment, as Dr. de Silva attempts a synthesis between the internal and external aspects of underdevelopment and, in the Marxist tradition, focuses on the impact of the external on the internal as the dominant reality. Viewing...

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
9. The Geography of Underdevelopment

   A Critical Survey

   By Dean Forbes

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

   First published in 1984, this title discusses the emergence of both the orthodox and political economy based approaches to underdevelopment in geography , critically assessing their strengths and weaknesses, and showing the relationship between intellectual developments and changing material...

   Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
10. The Development of Capitalism in Africa

    By John Sender, Sheila Smith

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

    First published in 1986, this work challenges underdevelopment analyses of Africa’s past experiences and future prospects, and builds upon a very wide range of recent historical research to argue that the impact of Capitalism has resulted in economic progress and significant improvements in living...

    Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge