Economics and Development Further Reading
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The Socioeconomics of Amartya Sen
On Freedom, Capability and Entitlement
Series: Economics as Social Theory
Amartya Sen – who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Economic Science in 2003 – is one of the leading economists of his generation. The important new book provides an exposition and assessment of Amartya Sen’s socio-economics, both positive and especially normative, including his contributions to...
To Be Published January 14th 2014 by Routledge
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Women, Work and Gender Justice in the Global Economy
Series: Routledge IAFFE Advances in Feminist Economics
This book sets out to understand the role of women in the gendered expansion of the global economy since the 1970s. This involves interrogating the different locations where women have worked in the productive paid economy as well as their less visible labour in the family and the care economy....
To Be Published December 31st 2013 by Routledge
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China's Development
Capitalism and Empire
Series: Rethinking Globalizations
China is entering a phase where deep structural changes will arise throughout society. These multi-fold processes will be intertwined in a globalized world, impacted by the transformation of capitalism in the aftermath of the financial crisis and under the threat of severe environmental damage....
Published October 28th 2012 by Routledge
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Trade, Poverty, Development
Getting Beyond the WTO's Doha Deadlock
Series: Global Institutions
This work seeks to look beyond the seemingly endless deadlock in the WTO’s Doha round of trade negotiations that began in November 2001 and were first scheduled to conclude by January 1, 2005. As well as offering an incisive analysis of the ills of the round, with particular attention directed at...
Published August 1st 2012 by Routledge
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Vulnerable People, Vulnerable States
Redefining the Development Challenge
Series: Priorities for Development Economics
Over five decades of economic and technical assistance to the countries of Africa and the Middle East have failed to improve the life prospects for over 1.4 billion people who remain vulnerable. Billions of dollars have been spent on such assistance and yet little progress has been made....
Published June 25th 2012 by Routledge
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Vulnerable People, Vulnerable States
Redefining the Development Challenge
Series: Priorities for Development Economics
Over five decades of economic and technical assistance to the countries of Africa and the Middle East have failed to improve the life prospects for over 1.4 billion people who remain vulnerable. Billions of dollars have been spent on such assistance and yet little progress has been made....
Published June 21st 2012 by Routledge
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Uniting on Food Assistance
The Case for Transatlantic Cooperation
Series: Priorities for Development Economics
This book chronicles the most essential causes and implications of these trends, which have expanded international food assistance well beyond the simple shipment of donated food aid commodities. We pay particular attention to how these trends shape and are shaped by European Union (EU) and United...
Published December 19th 2011 by Routledge
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The Transformation of the Gulf
Politics, Economics and the Global Order
This book examines the political, economic and social transformation of the six member-states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the ways in which these states are both shaping, and being reshaped by, the processes of globalisation. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, the volume combines...
Published October 25th 2011 by Routledge
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Building Prosperity
Housing and Economic Development
This book is a much-needed account, with numerous detailed examples, of the role of housing in economic growth and development by an author in a unique position to understand its importance and the practical measures for delivering that growth. While the linkages between housing and the...
Published August 20th 2009 by Routledge
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Trading in Genes
Development Perspectives on Biotechnology, Trade and Sustainability
Few scientific developments have given rise to as much controversy as biotechnology. Numerous groups are united in their opposition, expressing concern over environmental and health risks, impacts on rural livelihoods, the economic dominance of multinational companies and the ethical implications...
Published August 31st 2005 by Routledge
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Poverty in Plenty
A human development report for the UK
'Poverty in Plenty breaks new ground in two ways. It is the first national Human Development Report to focus on an industrialised country and it is the first to be produced by a non-governmental organisation? While problems of poverty and deprivation are less extreme in countries such as the UK...
Published September 30th 2000 by Routledge