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  • Emigration States

    Migration-Development Policymaking in the Asia-Pacific

    de Matt Withers ...
    Series series Elements in Global Development Studies
    Guestworker migration has become an increasingly prominent feature within the economic landscape of the Asia-Pacific. Longstanding regional disparities have underscored the emergence of fragile remittance economies where a structural reliance on labour-export has offered an unsustainable 'fix' for stubborn developmental challenges. Combining political-economic and Foucauldian frames of analysis, ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD

  • Global Labor Migration

    New Directions

    de Eileen Boris, Heidi Gottfried, Julie Greene, Joo-Cheong Tham, Bridget Anderson, Rutvica Andrijasevic, Katie Bales0, Jenny Chan1, Penelope Ciancanelli2, Felipe Barradas Correia Castro Bastos3, Charlie Fanning4, Judy Fudge5, Jorge L Giovannetti-Torres6, Justin Jackson7, Radhika Natarajan8, Pun Ngai9, Bastiaan Nugteren0, Nicola Piper1, Jessica R Pliley2, Devi Sacchetto3, Helen Sampson4, Yael Schacher5, Matt Withers6 ...
    Series series Studies of World Migrations
    Around the world, hundreds of millions of labor migrants endure exploitation, lack of basic rights, and institutionalized discrimination and marginalization. What dynamics and drivers have created a world in which such a huge--and rapidly growing--group toils as marginalized men and women, existing as a lower caste institutionally and juridically? In what ways did labor migrants shape their living ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Sri Lanka’s Remittance Economy

    A Multiscalar Analysis of Migration-Underdevelopment

    de Matt Withers ...
    Series series Routledge Series on Asian Migration
    Employing a multiscalar approach to migration outcomes, spanning individual households, local communities, the macroeconomy and global patterns of capital accumulation, this book demonstrates how cumulatively causal processes at structural, institutional and agency levels have forged a precariously remittance-dependent economy in Sri Lanka.This book combines historical-structural analysis with ... Leer más

    $62.99 USD

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  • Global Migration and Development

    Edición de Ton van Naerssen, Ernst Spaan, Annelies Zoomers ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Development and Society
    The debate on international migration and development currently focuses on South-North migration, transnationalism, remittances and knowledge transfer. The potential positive role of migration for countries and regions the emigrants originate from has recently been acknowledged by, among others, the World Bank, United Nations Commissions and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). This ... Leer más

    $70.99 USD

  • Crimes of Globalization

    de Dawn Rothe, David Friedrichs ...
    Series series New Directions in Critical Criminology
    This book addresses immensely consequential crimes in the world today that, to date, have been almost wholly neglected by students of crime and criminal justice: crimes of globalization. This term refers to the hugely harmful consequences of the policies and practices of international financial institutions – principally in the global South. A case is made for characterizing these policies and ... Leer más

    $67.99 USD

  • Development Geography

    de Rupert Hodder ...
    Development Geography is an informative and vibrant introductory level text, with a wealth of contrasting case-studies and illustrations. Written to stimulate critical thought and discussion about development, it does not assume any clear-cut distinction between 'developed' and 'developing' parts of the world. Case-studies highlight the problems and possible solutions at local, national and ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD

  • Theories and Practices of Development

    de Katie Willis ...
    Series series Routledge Perspectives on Development
    The newly updated third edition provides a clear and user-friendly introduction to the complex debates around how development has been understood and achieved. It has been fully updated and expanded to reflect global political and economic shifts, as well as new approaches to development.The book deals with the evolution of development ideas and policies, focusing on economic, political, social, ... Leer más

    $54.99 USD

  • Does Foreign Aid Really Work?

    de Roger C. Riddell ...
    Foreign aid is now a $100bn business and is expanding more rapidly today than it has for a generation. But does it work? Indeed, is it needed at all? Other attempts to answer these important questions have been dominated by a focus on the impact of official aid provided by governments. But today possibly as much as 30 percent of aid is provided by Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and over 10 ... Leer más

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  • International Migration: A Very Short Introduction

    de Khalid Koser ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Why has international migration become an issue of such intense public and political concern? How closely linked are migrants with terrorist organizations? What factors lie behind the dramatic increase in the number of women migrating? This Very Short Introduction looks at the phenomenon of international human migration -- both legal and illegal -- to reveal that migration actually presents ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • Neoliberalism

    A Very Short Introduction

    de Manfred B. Steger, Ravi K. Roy ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Anchored in the principles of free-market economics, neoliberalism emerged in the 1990s as the world's most dominant economic paradigm. It has been associated with various political leaders from Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, and Bill Clinton, to Tony Blair, Barack Obama, and Manmohan Singh. Neoliberalism even penetrated deeply into ... Leer más

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  • Geographies of Developing Areas

    The Global South in a Changing World

    de Glyn Williams, Paula Meth, Katie Willis ...
    Geographies of Developing Areas is a thought provoking and accessible introductory text, presenting a fresh view of the Global South that challenges students' pre-conceptions and promotes lively debate. Rather than presenting the Global South as a set of problems, from rapid urbanization to poverty, this book focuses on the diversity of life in the South, and looks at the role the South plays in ... Leer más

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  • The Political Economy of Violence against Women

    de Jacqui True ...
    Series series Oxford Studies in Gender and International Relations
    Violence against women is a major problem in all countries, affecting women in every socio-economic group and at every life stage. Nowhere in the world do women share equal social and economic rights with men or the same access as men to productive resources. Economic globalization and development are creating new challenges for women's rights as well as some new opportunities for advancing women ... Leer más

    $38.99 USD