Routledge Explorations in Development Studies
About the Book Series
The series features innovative and original research at the regional and global scale. Its scope extends to scholarly works that take an interdisciplinary and comparative approach.
In terms of theory and method, rather than basing itself on any one orthodoxy, the series draws broadly on the tool kit of the social sciences in general, emphasizing comparison, the analysis of the structure and processes, and the application of qualitative and quantitative methods.
The series welcomes submissions from established authors in the field as well as from junior authors. To submit proposals, please contact the Development Studies Editor, Helena Hurd ([email protected]).
The Political Ecology of Climate Change Adaptation: Livelihoods, agrarian change and the conflicts of development
1st Edition
By Marcus Taylor
January 27, 2017
This book provides the first systematic critique of the concept of climate change adaptation within the field of international development. Drawing on a reworked political ecology framework, it argues that climate is not something ‘out there’ that we adapt to. Instead, it is part of the social and ...
China's Foreign Relations and the Survival of Autocracies
1st Edition
By Julia Bader
May 06, 2016
The Chinese government has frequently been criticized for propping up anti-democratic governments. This book investigates the rise of China as an emerging authoritarian power. By comparing China’s bilateral relations to three Asian developing countries – Burma, Cambodia and Mongolia – it examines ...
Digital Technologies for Democratic Governance in Latin America: Opportunities and Risks
1st Edition
Edited
By Anita Breuer, Yanina Welp
April 27, 2016
This book is the first to comprehensively analyse the political and societal impacts of new Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in a region of the Global South. It evaluates under what conditions some Latin American governments and people have succeeded in taking up the opportunities ...
Economic Development and Political Action in the Arab World
1st Edition
By M.A. Mohamed Salih
April 27, 2016
Analysis of North African revolt against authoritarianism, known as the ‘Arab Spring’, embraced reductionist explanations such as the social media, youth unemployment and citizens’ agitations to regain dignity in societies humiliated by oppressive regimes. This book illustrates that reductionist ...
Evaluation Methodologies for Aid in Conflict
1st Edition
Edited
By Ole Winckler Andersen, Beate Bull, Megan Kennedy-Chouane
April 27, 2016
Knowledge and rigorous evidence around the role of external development partners in situations of conflict and fragility is still lacking. There is little accountability for the billions in aid being spent in places like Afghanistan, Iraq and the Democratic Republic of Congo. This book analyses ...
Governance Reform in Africa: International and Domestic Pressures and Counter-Pressures
1st Edition
By Jerome Bachelard
April 22, 2016
Poor governance is increasingly recognized as the greatest impediment to economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Currently, some impressive governance reforms are underway in many countries. This includes cases such as Nigeria – formerly the most corrupt country in the world according to ...
Formal Peace and Informal War: Security and Development in Congo
1st Edition
By Zoë Marriage
April 21, 2016
Northern interventions into African countries at war are dominated by security concerns, bolstered by claims of shared returns and reinforcing processes of development and security. As global security and human security became prominent in development policy, Congo was wracked by violent rule, ...
Governance for Pro-Poor Urban Development: Lessons from Ghana
1st Edition
By Franklin Obeng-Odoom
April 21, 2016
The world development institutions commonly present 'urban governance' as an antidote to the so-called 'urbanisation of poverty' and 'parasitic urbanism' in Africa. Governance for Pro-Poor Urban Development is a comprehensive and systematic analysis of the meaning, nature, and effects of 'urban ...
The Domestic Politics of Foreign Aid
1st Edition
By Erik Lundsgaarde
April 21, 2016
In spite of shared rhetorical commitments to tackling poverty worldwide, donors have varied considerably in their use of aid as an instrument for global poverty reduction. This book explains varied donor priorities by examining how societal actors, governmental actors, and the institutions that ...
Confronting Land and Property Problems for Peace
1st Edition
Edited
By Shinichi Takeuchi
December 18, 2015
This collection clarifies the background of land and property problems in conflict-affected settings, and explores appropriate policy measures for peace-building. While land and property problems exist in any society, they can be particularly exacerbated in conflict-affected settings – ...
Foreign Aid and Emerging Powers: Asian Perspectives on Official Development Assistance
1st Edition
By Iain Watson
December 18, 2015
Current debates on emerging powers as foreign aid donors often fail to examine the myriad geopolitical, geoeconomic and geocultural tensions that influence policies of Official Development Assistance (ODA). This book advocates a regional geopolitical approach to explaining donor-donor ...
Statelessness and Citizenship: Camps and the Creation of Political Space
1st Edition
By Victoria Redclift
October 12, 2015
What does it mean to be a citizen? In depth research with a stateless population in Bangladesh has revealed that, despite liberal theory’s reductive vision, the limits of political community are not set in stone. The Urdu-speaking population in Bangladesh exemplify some of the key problems facing ...