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Major Works: Development Studies

You are currently browsing 121–130 of 131 new and published major works in the subject of Development Studies — sorted by publish date from newer books to older books.

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Routledge Major Works has a strong international focus and each of the sets is edited by a leading expert in their field. This publishing programme continues to grow with new book series being created all the time. Worthy mentions include a new Sports Studies and Construction Series.

Titles published by Routledge Major Works cover an abundance of literature on leading and influential figures, key concepts, topics and sub-disciplines across the social sciences, humanities, behavioural sciences and law.

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  1. The Development of Capitalism in Africa

    By John Sender, Sheila Smith

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

    First published in 1986, this work challenges underdevelopment analyses of Africa’s past experiences and future prospects, and builds upon a very wide range of recent historical research to argue that the impact of Capitalism has resulted in economic progress and significant improvements in living...

    Published November 25th 2010 by Routledge

  2. Theories of Development

    By Peter Preston

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

    Dr Preston’s book, first published in 1982, presents a critical history of development studies since the Second World War, linking the recent, neo-Marxist, debate with the whole tradition in the field, going back to the work of economists like Arthur Lewis. He identifies a series of ‘schools’ and...

    Published November 25th 2010 by Routledge

  3. Development and Underdevelopment

    A Profile of the Third World

    By John P. Cole

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

    Initially published in 1987, this work deals with crucial aspects of development, including disparities in global patterns of production and consumption. John Cole examines the exhaustion of non-renewable resources and the destruction of the natural environment and, on the potentially positive side...

    Published November 25th 2010 by Routledge

  4. Socialism and Underdevelopment

    By Ken Post, Philip Wright

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

    In this book, first published in 1989, Ken Post and Phil Wright provide a critical analysis of socialist construction in underdeveloped countries. Pointing out that all the socialist revolutions of the twentieth century have occurred in underdeveloped peripheral capitalist countries, they focus on...

    Published November 25th 2010 by Routledge

  5. Routledge Library Editions: Development Mini-Set K: Security and Development

    By Various

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

    Routledge Library Editions: Development will re-issue works which address economic, political and social aspects of development. Published over more than four decades these books trace the emergence of development as one of the most important contemporary issues and one of the key areas of study...

    Published November 25th 2010 by Routledge

  6. Interdependent Development

    By Harold Brookfield

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

    Rather than being a book about ‘development’ per se, this work, first published in 1975, is instead a book about ideas about development, designed for those drawn by a concern over social injustice into the development field. In a selective review of theory, which gives particular emphasis to the...

    Published November 25th 2010 by Routledge

  7. Routledge Library Editions: Development Mini-Set M: Theories of Development

    By Various

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

    Routledge Library Editions: Development will re-issue works which address economic, political and social aspects of development. Published over more than four decades these books trace the emergence of development as one of the most important contemporary issues and one of the key areas of study...

    Published November 25th 2010 by Routledge

  8. Gender and Development

    Edited by Janet Momsen

    Series: Critical Concepts in Development Studies

    It is increasingly apparent that the growing challenges facing development scholars, policy-makers, and practitioners in the twenty-first century require a more sophisticated understanding of the importance of gender than has hitherto been the case. At a time when the forces of globalization are...

    Published June 18th 2008 by Routledge

  9. Sustainability

    Edited by Michael Redclift

    Series: Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences

    The notion of ‘sustainability’ has been growing in importance over the last twenty years, and is now considered a significant area of study. This four-volume set introduces the reader to ‘sustainability’ as a concept, a contested idea, and a political goal. Bringing together a range of articles...

    Published September 21st 2005 by Routledge

  10. Islam

    Critical Concepts in Sociology

    Edited by Professor Bryan S Turner

    Series: Critical Concepts in Sociology

    Looking beyond the myths and headlines of Islam this text explores the religion from a social science viewpoint. The collection explores Islamic thought and institutions and represents a critical introduction to the system of Islamic belief and practice from a social science...

    Published December 18th 2002 by Routledge

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