Routledge Studies in Development and Society
About the Book Series
The development of different societies is a complex and diverse matter. This series incorporates a multidisciplinary approach to explore the impact of development theory and practice. In particular, the series highlights the importance of current research on:
* gender and equality
* sustainable development
* environment protection
* security.
Titles in the series offer authoritative insights into developmental issues of regional and global importance.
Marine Natural Resources and Technological Development: An Economic Analysis of the Wealth from the Oceans
1st Edition
By Marco Colazingari
December 09, 2011
This book offers a comprehensive and systematic examination of the issues involved within Ocean Economics. The oceans are the last frontier on Earth, and research and exploration are key to developing and enhancing global economic activity that is necessary to sustain a growing human population. ...
Dislocation and Resettlement in Development: From Third World to the World of the Third
1st Edition
By Anjan Chakrabarti, Anup Kumar Dhar
October 05, 2011
Challenging the more conventional approaches to dislocation and resettlement that are the usual focus of discussion on the topic, this book offers a unique theory of dislocation in the form of primitive accumulation. Interrogating the ‘reformist-managerial’ and ‘radical-movementist’ approaches, it...
Development Poverty and Politics: Putting Communities in the Driver’s Seat
1st Edition
By Richard Martin, Ashna Mathema
August 15, 2011
Top down . . . bottom up . . . what works? This book explores development from theperspective of the poor. Who are they? What lives do they live? What matters tothem? And most importantly, what can they do about it? Martin and Mathema debate how people can be given legitimate control of theirown ...
Poverty Orientated Agricultural and Rural Development
1st Edition
By Hartmut Brandt, Uwe Otzen
March 06, 2009
Over the last twenty years the proportion of development cooperation resources earmarked for agricultural development has dwindled to between six and seven per cent of total bi- and multilateral Official Development Assistance. This is despite the fact that eighty per cent of the world's poor ...
Environment and Development in the Straits of Malacca
1st Edition
By Goh Kim Chuan, Mark Cleary
February 08, 2000
This unique study is the first in depth examination of the environment and development of the Straits. Taking an integrative approach, the book argues that the region has an underlying unity which political divisions (between Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore) disguise. Its emphasis is on three ...
Peasants and Religion: A Socioeconomic Study of Dios Olivorio and the Palma Sola Religion in the Dominican Republic
1st Edition
By Mats Lundahl, Jan Lundius
December 29, 1999
This book examines the relationship between economics, politics and religion through the case of Olivorio Mateo and the religious movement he inspired from 1908 in the Dominican Republic. The authors explore how and why the new religion was formed, and why it was so successful. Comparing this case ...
Housing and Finance in Developing Countries
1st Edition
By Kavita Datta, Gareth Jones
December 22, 1998
This book explores the linkages between formal and informal housing finance drawing upon the lessons of NGO and micro-finance practices. Both public and private formal finance institutions have experienced great difficulty in lending below a middle-income client group, and are often reluctant to ...
The Politics of Development Co-operation: NGOs, Gender and Partnership in Kenya
1st Edition
By Lisa Aubrey
October 02, 1997
First Published in 2004. The Politics of Development Cooperation interrogates the politics of interorganizational development cooperation, examining issues of power, autonomy, and dependence. Focusing on Kenya and in particular on Maendeleo Ya Wanawake (MYWO), the largest national women’s ...
Dams as Aid: A political anatomy of Nordic development thinking
1st Edition
Edited
By Ann Danaiya Usher
September 18, 1997
Dams As Aid brings together key issues in the aid/environment/development debate. Through her examination of dams, Usher sheds light on wider issues of the political economy of aid. Detailed analysis of dams and aid case studies are included, particularly on Nordic dams which provide most graphic ...
Searching for Security: Women's Responses to Economic Transformations
1st Edition
By Isa Baud, Ines Smyth
December 18, 1996
Human Security is a development buzzword of the 1990s. To attain security people need to be safe from natural disasters, such as famine, and 'man-made' problems, such as unemployment. Women are a particularly insecure section of society with the impact of deprivation disproportionately shouldered ...