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  • Beyond the Developmental State

    Industrial Policy into the Twenty-first Century

    Edited by Ben Fine, Jyoti Saraswati, Daniela Tavasci ...
    Series series IIPPE
    Moving beyond abstract economic models and superficial descriptions of the market, Beyond the Developmental State analyses the economic, political and ideological interests which underpin current socio-economic processes.Through this approach, the contributors show the close interrelation between states and markets in both national and international contexts. Drawing on a wide range of case ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • World Heritage

    Benefits Beyond Borders

    Edited by Amareswar Galla ...
    Published on the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, this thematic collection of case studies provides a thorough understanding of World Heritage sites and their Outstanding Universal Value in the context of sustainable development. The case studies describe twenty-six thematically, typologically and regionally diverse World Heritage sites illustrating their benefits to local ... Read more

    $55.99 CAD

  • Sharecropping and Sharecroppers

    by T. J. Byres ...
    First Published in 1983. Of all the social relationships that exist in the countryside in contemporary poor countries, and which have existed in the past in ‘developed’ countries, that of share tenancy is among the most significant and the most fascinating. It is, and has been, geographically widespread, varied in its manifestations, and historically tenacious. Sharecropping has been singled out ... Read more

    $242.99 CAD

  • Gender, Asset Accumulation and Just Cities

    Pathways to transformation

    Edited by Caroline O.N. Moser ...
    With more than half the world’s population now living in urban areas, urbanisation is undoubtedly one of the most important phenomena of the 21st century. However, despite increasing recognition of the critical relationship between economic and social development in cities, gender issues are often overlooked in understanding the complexities of current urbanisation processes. This book seeks to ... Read more

    $70.99 CAD

  • An Introduction to the Politics of Tropical Africa

    by Richard Hodder-Williams ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Development
    This wide-ranging and informative introduction to politics in tropical Africa, first published in 1984, is essential reading to students, businessmen, government officials and economic advisers alike. Situating the contemporary scene firmly in its historical context, which stresses both pre-colonial and colonial heritages, he emphasizes how politicians are constrained by the past, the physical ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

  • The Rise of Africa's Middle Class

    Myths, Realities and Critical Engagements

    Edited by Henning Melber ...
    Series series Africa Now
    Across Africa, a burgeoning middle class has become the poster child for the 'Africa rising' narrative. Ambitious, aspirational and increasingly affluent, this group is said to embody the values and hopes of the new Africa, with international bodies ranging from the United Nations Development Programme to the World Bank regarding them as important agents of both economic development and democratic ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

  • Dot.compradors

    Power and Policy in the Development of the Indian Software Industry

    by Jyoti Saraswati ...
    Series series IIPPE
    'India Shining' has become the brand name for a new India presented in Bollywood films, adverts and books. A key part of this image is the software industry, held up as the symbol of prosperity and post-modernity.Dot.compradors reveals the darker reality behind 'India Shining', providing a history of the industry from the 1970s to the present. Jyoti Saraswati punctures the myth of a free-market ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Reviving Democracy

    Citizens at the Heart of Governance

    by Barry Knight, Rajesh Tandon, Hope Chigudu ...
    The aim of this text is to analyze the conditions for a good society and, from extensive international research, to show how citizens can be put at the centre of the political process. This has enormous importance for future policy which the authors explore. With support from the Commonwealth Foundation, the book sets out to change the current political consensus and demonstrate the route forward ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

  • Democracy in “Two Mexicos”

    Political Institutions in Oaxaca and Nuevo León

    by G. Correa-Cabrera ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book explains some of the ways in which deteriorated socioeconomic conditions (inequality in particular) and institutional limitations (corruption, electoral exclusion, and a weak rule of law, among others) affect political stability in extremely unequal developing countries, like Mexico, where democracy is not yet fully consolidated. ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Feminist Subversion and Complicity

    Governmentalities and Gender Knowledge in South Asia

    Edited by Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay ...
    Feminist Subversion and Complicity interrogates a specific form of feminist practice, that which has involved engaging with state and international institutions to insert gender knowledge in their development interventions. Bringing together contributions from eight feminists located in very different kinds of institutions and spaces from Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and India, this book ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • The Political Economy of Poverty and Social Transformations of the Global South

    by CROP ...
    This book brings forth debates on the production and eradication of poverty from experiences in the global South. It collects a set of innovative articles concentrating on the way in which poverty, as a social process, has been tackled by popular movements and the governments of various states across the globe. Providing new insights into the limitations of traditional strategies to confront ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Land and Freedom

    The MST, the Zapatistas and Peasant Alternatives to Neoliberalism

    by Leandro Vergara-Camus ...
    The Zapatistas of Chiapas and the Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST) of Brazil are often celebrated as shining examples in the global struggle against neoliberalism. But what have these movements achieved for their members in more than two decades of resistance and can any of these achievements realistically contribute to the rise of a viable alternative?Through a perfect balance of grassroots ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD