Politics & Development

First published in 1986, the Malaysian economy has grown remarkably since 1970 but despite this poverty is still widespread. This book examines the record of economic development in Malaysia over this period and evaluates the success of the New Economic Policy. In particular it examines the merits o..

Newly gained sovereignty, uneven penetration of neo-liberal ideals, and the growth of disparate capitalist markets have elicited varied responses in Central Asia. This volume illuminates the diverse realities of post-Soviet development in Central Asia through a multi-disciplinary prism...

This book analyzes the implementation of government and policy-making reform in China, focusing in particular on the reform programmes instituted since the early 1990s...

Innovation is increasingly invoked by policy elites and business leaders as vital for tackling global challenges like sustainable development. Often overlooked, however, is the fact that networks of community groups, activists, and researchers have been innovating grassroots solutions for social jus..

This book examines the complex relationship between the state, society and business in China, focusing on the experience of the island province of Hainan. It provides detailed evidence of how relations between party cadres, state bureaucrats, businesses, foreign investors and civil society play out ..

Explores the promotion of sustainable development as an organizing principle for the emergence of new forms of governance practices in European Union member states and Norway...

This book examines the often discordant relationship between states and international NGOs working in the humanitarian sector. This book will be a key resource for professionals and policy makers working within international humanitarian operations, as well as for academics and students within human..

This book examines the often discordant relationship between states and international NGOs working in the humanitarian sector. This book will be a key resource for professionals and policy makers working within international humanitarian operations, as well as for academics and students within human..

Japan and many African countries have come to realize that both sides can obtain benefits through closely coordinated aid policies. Moreover, Japan sees itself to represent a distinct voice in the international donor community while Africa needs foreign aid from all sources. This book examines Japan..

This book investigates how actors in complex governance arrangements assign and negotiate responsibilities to order the world. The book asks how moral duties can be defined beyond the confines of the nation-state; and how accountability mechanisms for a post-national world, in which responsibility r..

The book provides a unique in-depth, long-term case study of the vulnerability of stateless persons in their country of origin and in the West. It explores international refugee law and its failure to address the rights of stateless persons, and the power of nation-states and their ability to strip ..

The term neoextractivism was coined to describe how income from natural resources sales can be used for development objectives and to improve the lives of a country's citizens. However, this book argues that neoextractivism is merely another outlet for capitalist development, reinforcing the positio..