Development Studies

First published in 1982, this study attempts to put contemporary Caribbean development into historical perspective. By first constructing a Marxist framework for the study of development , Jay Mandle assesses the reasons why the region emerged underdeveloped and evaluates post-world-war two efforts ..

First published in 1981, this book concerns specifically the Kenyan experience with regards to development planning but, given that the problems of hunger poverty and underdevelopment manifest themselves in slightly different forms across all African countries, this book has considerable relevance t..

This reissue, first published in 1986, offers a comprehensive treatment of educational development in four countries in West and East Africa: Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The author focuses on the role of education in promoting or hindering national development; the way the educational syste..

This reissue, first published in 1986, offers a comprehensive treatment of educational development in four countries in West and East Africa: Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. The author focuses on the role of education in promoting or hindering national development; the way the educational syste..

This blurb examines the evolving relationship between development strategies and urban planning in Latin America, Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on sustainability in rapidly urbanizing areas...

This blurb examines the evolving relationship between development strategies and urban planning in Latin America, Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on sustainability in rapidly urbanizing areas...

Through twelve accessible and provocative chapters, this book introduces the idea that while the issue of ‘development’ is normally one that is discussed by social scientists and policy makers, it also has a wider ‘popular’ dimension. The book connects the effort to build a more holistic understandi..

Through twelve accessible and provocative chapters, this book introduces the idea that while the issue of ‘development’ is normally one that is discussed by social scientists and policy makers, it also has a wider ‘popular’ dimension. The book connects the effort to build a more holistic understandi..

Looks at how and why populations change not only in level but also in composition. Economic and cultural factors are discussed and questions such as how populations respond to geographical imbalances in natural resources are discussed...

Looks at how and why populations change not only in level but also in composition. Economic and cultural factors are discussed and questions such as how populations respond to geographical imbalances in natural resources are raised...

First published in 1974, this study, by a social anthropologist who has lived, taught and researched in Nigeria, explores how the Yoruba of Nigeria living in Ibadan and Lagos perceive the society in which they live. Their views on stratification and social inequality in particular are related to tra..

This book provides an original, psychological approach to development studies, focusing on the social aspects of aid and its motivational foundations...