Development Studies Paperbacks

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 December 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. Essays on Balance of Payments Constrained Growth

   Theory and Evidence

   Edited by John McCombie, Tony Thirlwall

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

   There are many theories concerning the relationship between the pace of development and economic growth in different countries. This impressive collection explores the relationship between a country's balance of payments and their rate of economic growth. The evidence and ramifications within the...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. 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 December 14th 2012 by Routledge
4. Globalizing Regional Development in East Asia

   Production Networks, Clusters, and Entrepreneurship

   Edited by Henry Wai-chung Yeung

   Series: Regions and Cities

   Significant historical and geographical differences account for the many processes and trajectories of regional development in East Asia. These historical and geographical specificities in East Asia have prompted serious re-examination of existing theories in regional development, and in particular...

   Published October 21st 2012 by Routledge
5. Overcoming Inequality in Latin America

   Issues and Challenges for the 21st Century

   Edited by Ricardo Gottschalk, Patricia Justino

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

   Latin America is faced with the challenge of achieving the Millennium Developmental Goal to halve poverty in the region by 2015. Historically, this region has experienced persistently high levels of inequality and poverty, the causes and consequences of which are analytically examined here....

   Published October 21st 2012 by Routledge
6. 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
7. Cultural Expertise and Litigation

   Patterns, Conflicts, Narratives

   Edited by Livia Holden

   Cultural Expertise and Litigation addresses the role of social scientists as a source of expert evidence, and is a product of their experiences and observations of cases involving litigants of South Asian origin. What is meant in court by "culture," "custom" and "law"? How are these concepts...

   Published September 30th 2012 by Routledge
8. 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
9. Beyond Market-Driven Development

   Drawing on the Experience of Asia and Latin America

   Edited by Costas Lapavitsas

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

   Because their economies were regulated, their financial systems ‘repressed’ and their states interventionist, for many years the countries of East Asia challenged the Washington consensus, offering an alternative development paradigm. However, in the 1990’s, Asian capitalism was disrupted following...

   Published September 18th 2012 by Routledge
10. Rural Governance

    International Perspectives

    Edited by Lynda Cheshire, Vaughan Higgins, Geoffrey Lawrence

    Series: Routledge Studies in Human Geography

    Recent decades have witnessed the transition from the government of rural areas towards processes of governance in which the boundaries between the state and civil society are blurred. As a result, governance is commonly linked to ‘bottom-up’ or community-based approaches to planning and...

    Published September 12th 2012 by Routledge