Development Studies

Examines the effect of Africa's colonial past on the present political and economic well-being of the continent. The consequences of such an inheritance are discussed: small and weak states, destructive movements and African imperialism...

First Published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Drawing on case studies from Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Morocco and Jordon, this introductory text assesses how agricultural, industrial and urban development has evolved and suggests the essential changes needed for progress in the future...

Drawing on case studies from Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Morocco and Jordon, this introductory text assesses how agricultural, industrial and urban development has evolved and suggests the essential changes needed for progress in the future...

Clearly illustrated with basic maps, these books present a systematic review of twenty-five years of development, covering the physical, economic, social and political environments of contemporary Africa, the Middle East and Asia..

Clearly illustrated with basic maps, this book presents a systematic review of twenty-five years of development, covering the physical, economic, social and political environments of contemporary Asia...

The Community Development Reader is the first comprehensive reader in the past thirty years that brings together practice, theory and critique concerning communities as sites of social change. The second edition is significantly updated and expanded to include a section on globalization as well as n..

This reader offers an essential selection of the best work on the Consumer Society. It brings together in an engaging, surprising, and thought provoking way, a diverse range of topics and theoretical perspectives._x005F_x000D_..

This reader offers an essential selection of the best work on the Consumer Society. It brings together in an engaging, surprising, and thought provoking way, a diverse range of topics and theoretical perspectives._x000D_..

Although it is often simplified as an "ethnic conflict" in popular media, the current crisis in Darfur can only be superficially defined across ethnic lines. This project diverges from previous studies by addressing how the underlying social and environmental influences such as changing resource dyn..

Although it is often simplified as an "ethnic conflict" in popular media, the current crisis in Darfur can only be superficially defined across ethnic lines. This project diverges from previous studies by addressing how the underlying social and environmental influences such as changing resource dyn..

The Development Reader brings together a set of key readings that explore the changing ways that ideas of development are understood, contested and put into practice. Adam Smith and Karl Marx meet, among others, Robert Wade, Amartya Sen and Jeffrey Sachs, and section and individual extract introduct..