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Forthcoming Economics and Development Books

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  1. Transformations in Trade Politics

    Participatory Trade Politics in West Africa

    By Silke Trommer

    Series: Global Institutions

    This book examines the evolution and application of participatory trade politics in West Africa and discusses the theoretical implications for political economy and global governance approaches to trade policy-making. The author traces the involvement of a network of West African global justice...

    To Be Published August 25th 2013 by Routledge

  2. Gender, Mobilities, and Livelihood Transformations

    Comparing Indigenous People in China, India, and Laos

    Edited by Ragnhild Lund, Kyoko Kusakabe, Smita Panda, Yunxian Wang

    Series: Routledge Studies in Development, Mobilities and Migration

    In the era of globalization many minority populations are subject to marginalization and expulsion from their traditional habitats due to rapid economic restructuring and changing politico-spatial relations. This book presents an analytical framework for understanding how mobility is an inherent...

    To Be Published August 28th 2013 by Routledge

  3. The State of Labour

    The Global Financial Crisis and its Impact

    Edited by Sharit K. Bhowmik

    This book analyses the adverse effects of globalisation and liberalisation — manifest in the increased financialisation of capital and the concomitant global financial crisis — on the labour force in different countries, especially the developing ones. It also critically re-assesses the role of...

    To Be Published August 30th 2013 by Routledge India

  4. Debating the Lewis Turning Point in China

    Edited by Yiping Huang, Fang Cai

    HUANG Yiping is Professor of Economics at the China Center for Economic Research, National School of Development, Peking University, China. He is also an adjunct professor at the Australian National University and a member of the China Finance 40 Forum. His current research focuses on macroeconomic...

    To Be Published September 8th 2013 by Routledge

  5. Emerging Knowledge Economies in Asia

    Current Trends in ASEAN-5

    Edited by Dessy Irawati, Roel Rutten

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy

    The book aims to identify key issues and developments in ASEAN-5 that illustrate the transition of this region towards a knowledge-based economy. The book contributes to understanding the opportunities and challenges faced by emerging economies. It explains the transition...

    To Be Published September 10th 2013 by Routledge

  6. Microfinance, Debt and Over-Indebtedness

    Juggling with Money

    Edited by Isabelle Guérin, Solène Morvant-Roux, Magdalena Villarreal

    Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

    Although microcredit programmes have long been considered efficient development tools, many forms of debt-induced distress have emerged in their wake. This has brought to light the problem of over-indebtedness, a topic which has been previously underexplored in the literature. This new book, from a...

    To Be Published September 10th 2013 by Routledge

  7. The End of the Development State?

    Edited by Michelle Williams

    Series: Routledge Studies in Development and Society

    This book brings together leading scholars of development to propose new theoretical understandings of the relationship between development and the state. Focusing on the role of the state in the developing and transitional economies of South Korea, Taiwan, Ireland, China, South Africa, Brazil...

    To Be Published September 14th 2013 by Routledge

  8. Food Policy and the Environmental Credit Crunch

    From Soup to Nuts

    By Julie Hudson, Paul Donovan

    The changing economic environment for the consumer that is emerging from the wreckage of the financial credit crunch plays directly into the importance of food spending. This is certainly true from the perspective of food prices in the short run, but also from the perspective of sustainability and...

    To Be Published September 18th 2013 by Routledge

  9. Mining and Social Transformation in Africa

    Mineralizing and Democratizing Trends in Artisanal Production

    Edited by Deborah F. Bryceson, Eleanor Fisher, Jesper Jonsson, Rosemarie Mwaipopo

    Series: Routledge Studies in Development and Society

    After more than three decades of economic malaise, many African countries are experiencing an upsurge in their economic fortunes linked to the booming international market for minerals. Spurred by the shrinking viability of peasant agriculture, rural dwellers have been engaged in a massive search...

    To Be Published September 25th 2013 by Routledge

  10. The Universal Social Safety-Net and the Attack on World Poverty

    Pressing Need, Manageable Cost, Practical Possibilities, Favourable Spillovers

    By Anthony Clunies-Ross, Mozammel Huq

    Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

    The book is concerned with strategy and tactics for directing that small slice of world income into filling the gap. This must be done country by country, on the initiative of each country’s government: with the maximum involvement of its own civil society, and with the rich world also making a...

    To Be Published September 30th 2013 by Routledge