Development Studies: Development Theory

By Marcus Power

Geopolitics and Development examines the historical emergence of development as a form of governmentality, from the end of empire to the Cold War and the War on Terror. It illustrates the various ways in which the meanings and relations of development as a discourse, an apparatus and an aspiration,…

Paperback – 2019-01-30
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Edited by Jonathan Pattenden, Liam Campling, Satoshi Miyamura, Benjamin Selwyn

This book argues that class relations are constitutive of development processes and central to understanding inequality within and between countries. It does so via a transdisciplinary approach that draws on case studies from Asia, Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa. Contributors illustrate and…

Paperback – 2019-01-17
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ThirdWorlds

By Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira, José Luís Oreiro, Nelson Marconi

Developmental Macroeconomics: Access to Demand, the Exchange Rate and Growth offers a new approach to development economics and macroeconomics. It is a Keynesian-structuralist approach to economics applied to middle income countries that emphasizes the strategic role of demand in creating…

Paperback – 2019-01-03
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By Cheryl McEwan

Postcolonialism, Decoloniality and Development is a comprehensive revision of Postcolonialism and Development (2009) that explains, reviews and critically evaluates recent debates about postcolonial and decolonial approaches and their implications for development studies. By outlining contemporary…

Paperback – 2018-11-16
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Routledge Perspectives on Development

Edited by Aram Ziai

Few books in the history of Development Studies have had an impact like The Development Dictionary – A Guide to Knowledge as Power, which was edited by Wolfgang Sachs and published by Zed Books in 1992. The Development Dictionary was crucial in establishing what has become known as the…

Hardback – 2018-11-06
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ThirdWorlds

Edited by Holly Collison, Simon C. Darnell, Richard Giulianotti, P. David Howe

Sport and physical activity are now regularly used to promote social and economic development, peacebuilding and conflict resolution, on an international scale. The emergence of the ‘Sport for Development and Peace’ (SDP) sector, comprised of governments, NGOs, sport organizations and others,…

Hardback – 2018-09-26
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Routledge Studies in Sport Development

By Usha Sundar Harris

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
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Routledge Studies in Environmental Communication and Media

Edited by Louis Augustin-Jean, Jean Pierre Poulain

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
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Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment

By Sukehiro Hasegawa

Originally published in 2013, Peacebuilding and National Ownership in Timor-Leste is an insightful, analytical presentation of developments that took place in Timor-Leste from July 2002 to September 2006. It reflects an intimate knowledge of events during this period and provides a detailed focus…

Hardback – 2018-07-27
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Routledge Revivals

By Michael McDermott

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
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Routledge Complex Real Property Rights Series

Edited by Nicolas Lemay-Hébert, Rosa Freedman

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…

Paperback – 2018-07-25
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Law, Development and Globalization

Edited by Jay Drydyk, Lori Keleher

The Routledge Handbook of Development Ethics provides readers with insight into the central questions of development ethics, the main approaches to answering them, and areas for future research. Over the past seventy years, it has been argued and increasingly accepted that worthwhile development…

Hardback – 2018-07-13
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