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This book identifies the root causes of income inequality in underdeveloped economies and proposes new solutions for structural reform in economies that have long neglected and exploited working people. It focuses on the case of Zimbabwe, a classic example of an African post-colonial state…
Hardback – 2019-05-28
Routledge
Routledge Studies in African Development
Mobile phones are widely viewed as the information and communication technology that holds the most promise for bridging global digital divides. Gendered Power and Mobile Technology uses empirical research to focus on changing intersections between technology, gender and other categories of social…
Hardback – 2019-04-30
Routledge
Routledge Advances in Feminist Studies and Intersectionality
This book draws on the expertise of faculty and colleagues at the Balsillie School of International Affairs to both locate the SDGs as a contribution to the development of global government and to examine the political-institutional and financial challenges posed by the SDGs. The contributors are…
Hardback – 2019-04-30
Routledge
Routledge Studies in Sustainable Development
Participatory Media in Environmental Communication brings together stories of communities in the Pacific islands – a region that is severely affected by the impacts of climate change. Despite living on the margins of the digital revolution, these island communities have used media and communication…
Hardback – 2018-09-11
Routledge
Routledge Studies in Environmental Communication and Media
Around the world, food has probably never been as safe as it is today. However, periodic crises have aroused consumer anxiety and contributed to a general lack of confidence in the agro-industrial system. The diverse nature of these crises increases governments’ and industry difficulties in…
Hardback – 2018-09-11
Routledge
Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment
Traditional valuation approaches are increasingly recognised as being insufficient to address the wicked valuation problems of the diverse peoples and groups that inhabit the globe from north, south, east to west. This book demonstrates the limitations of science and, in particular economics, as…
Hardback – 2018-07-26
Routledge
Routledge Complex Real Property Rights Series
Learning and Forgetting in Development NGOs draws on a range of theoretical approaches and empirical evidence to explore how development organisations learn or fail to learn from experience. Despite the overwhelming discourses of NGOs as learning organisations, little is known about the phenomenon…
Hardback – 2018-06-28
Routledge
Routledge Explorations in Development Studies
This book develops a philosophical framework for selecting goals for development purposes. This inclusive and democratic framework integrates a variety of resources including philosophical theory, empirical analysis, stakeholder deliberations, local knowledge, and advice from development experts.…
Hardback – 2018-05-02
Routledge
Routledge Research in Applied Ethics
Under the global hegemony of the West, societies have interpreted the world and defined their identities through the frameworks of Eurocentric discourses. Since the mid-twentieth century, Eurocentrism has tended to be associated with economic developmentalism. The discourse of seonjinguk (developed…
Hardback – 2018-03-29
Routledge
Routledge Studies in Emerging Societies
This book explores recent developments in the concept of hybridity through a multi-disciplinary perspective, bringing ideas about legal plurality together with the fields of peace, development and cultural studies. Analysing the concepts of hybridity and hybridization, their history, their…
Hardback – 2017-02-23
Routledge
Law, Development and Globalization
Over the last 50 years, Nepal has been considered an experiential model in determining the effectiveness and success of global human development strategies, both in theory and in practice. As such, it provides a rich array of in-depth case studies in both development success and failure. This…
Hardback – 2016-11-30
Routledge
The Earthscan Science in Society Series
The North Atlantic development establishment has had a blemished track record over the past 65 years. In addition to a sizeable portfolio of failure, the few economic success stories in the developing world, such as South Korea and China, have been achieved by rejecting the advice of Western…
Hardback – 2016-11-29
Routledge
Routledge Studies in Development and Society