Development Studies Paperbacks

New and Published Books

1. African Environments and Resources

   By L. A. Lewis, L. Berry

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

   First published in 1988, this work provides a comprehensive picture of the range of physical environments in Africa, focusing upon those characteristics and issues central to the management of environmental resources. Beginning with an overview of the geographical and environmental history of...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
2. Aid and Dependence

   British Aid to Malawi

   By Kathryn Morton

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

   First published in 1975, in conjunction with the Overseas Development Institute, this study examines the case for and against aid for developing nations, taking the specific example of British aid to Malawi’s economic development since independence in 1964. Kathryn Morton suggests that...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
3. Capital Formation and Economic Development

   Studies in the Economic Development of India

   Edited by P. N. Rosenstein-Rodan

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

   First published in 1964, this series of studies, compiled by the India team of Centre of International Studies at MIT, represents an important contribution to methods in planning for development, which will be of relevance to all those working in the field, irrespective of country. The results are...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
4. Beyond the Sociology of Development

   Economy and Society in Latin America and Africa

   Edited by Ivar Oxaal, Tony Barnett, David Booth

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

   Conceived as a response to the economic naïvety and implicit metropolitan bias of many 1950s and 60s studies of ‘the sociology of development’ , this volume, first published in 1975, provides actual field studies and theoretical reviews to indicate the directions which a conceptually more adequate...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
5. Global Citizenship and the Legacy of Empire

   Marketing Development

   By April Biccum

   Series: Routledge/RIPE Studies in Global Political Economy

   This book investigates the parallels between mainstream development discourse and colonial discourse as theorized in the work of Homi Bhabha, Gayatri Spivak and Edward Said. Aiming to repoliticize post-colonial theory by applying its understandings to contemporary political discourses, author April...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
6. Dam the Rivers, Damn the People

   Development and resistence in Amazonian Brazil

   By Barbara J. Cummings

   Series: Sustainable Development Set

   The Brazilian Amazon is the largest area of tropical rainforest in Latin America. Brazil is that continent's most rapidly developing country. The Amazon is at the heart of the conflict between conservation and development, between people and power, and between heritage and modernisation. In the...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
7. Crisis and Opportunity

   Environment and development in Africa

   By Francois Falloux, Lee M Talbot

   Series: Aid and Development Set

   Winner of the Prix Pierre Chauleur of the French Academie des Sciences d'Outre-Mer Until some way is found of dealing with Africa's catastrophic environmental crises none of the continent's other problems will find a long-term solution. Yet there is hope, and Crisis and Opportunity sets out a...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
8. The Reality of Aid 2000

   An independent review of poverty reduction and development assistance

   By Judith Randel, Tony German, Deborah Ewing

   Series: Aid and Development Set

   NOW IN ITS SEVENTH ANNUAL EDITION, The Reality of Aid 2000 looks at how the performance of OECD donor countries on aid and development cooperation has matched up to the challenge of eliminating absolute poverty. The report charts some improvements at the level of donor policy and rhetoric. But its...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
9. Collaborative Governance of Tropical Landscapes

   Edited by Carol J Pierce Colfer, Jean-Laurent Pfund

   Series: The Earthscan Forest Library

   This book provides a novel approach to governance relating to biodiversity and human well-being in complex tropical landscapes, including forests and protected areas. It focuses attention at the interface between communities and the landscape level, building on interdisciplinary research conducted...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
10. Underdevelopment and Development in Brazil: Volume I

    Economic Structure and Change, 1822-1947

    By Nathaniel H Leff

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development

    First published in 1982, this work offers an analysis Brazil’s long-term economic history and development, spanning the period from independence to post-war industrial growth. The book focuses upon the classic problem of why Brazil failed to develop economically during the nineteenth century in a...

    Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge