Development Studies Books

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41. Handbook of Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction

    Edited by Ben Wisner, J.C. Gaillard, Ilan Kelman

    The Handbook provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for hazard and disaster research, policy making, and practice in an international and multi-disciplinary context. It offers critical reviews and appraisals of current state of the art and future development of conceptual,...

    Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
42. State Structure, Policy Formation, and Economic Development in Southeast Asia

    The Political Economy of Thailand and the Philippines

    By Antoinette R. Raquiza

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

    Why do some small, developing countries industrialize and others don’t? What factors account for different economic performance among states that are vulnerable to external shocks, crony capitalism, and political instability? This book argues that the answer lies in the structuring of state power,...

    Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
43. Geographies of Commodity Chains

    Edited by Alex Hughes, Suzanne Reimer

    Series: Routledge Studies in Human Geography

    Individuals, consumer groups, nation states and supra-national bodies increasingly have interrogated the ethics of particular production and consumption relations such as GM foods. Flowing from and bound up with these political concerns is the growing interest in the mutual dependence of sites of (...

    Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
44. Development and Local Knowledge

    Edited by Alan Bicker, Johan Pottier, Paul Stillitoe

    Series: Studies in Environmental Anthropology

    There is a revolution happening in the practice of anthropology. A new field of 'indigenous knowledge' is emerging, which aims to make local voices hear and ensure that development initiatives meet the needs of indigenous people.Development and Local Knowledge focuses on two major challenges that...

    Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
45. Global Migration and Development

    Edited by Ton van Naerssen, Ernst Spaan, Annelies Zoomers

    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,...

    Published December 8th 2011 by Routledge
46. Global Food-Price Shocks and Poor People

    Themes and Case Studies

    Edited by Marc Cohen, Melinda Smale

    Series: Development in Practice Books

    This book examines the effects of high and volatile food prices during 2007-08 on low-income farmers and consumers in developing, transition, and industrialized countries. Previous studies of this crisis have mostly used models to estimate the likely impacts. This volume includes actual evidence...

    Published December 4th 2011 by Routledge
47. Rebuilding Local Communities in the Wake of Disaster

    Social Recovery in Sri Lanka and India

    By Martin Mulligan, Yaso Nadarajah

    This book examines the sociological consequences of disaster relief and recovery, and uncovers its impact on the communities that were affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004. It is the most extensive and intensive study of post-disaster community rebuilding yet reported in the literature on...

    Published December 1st 2011 by Routledge India
48. Last Chance Tourism

    Adapting Tourism Opportunities in a Changing World

    Edited by Harvey Lemelin, Jackie Dawson, Emma J. Stewart

    Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

    Concerns over vanishing destinations such as the Great Barrier Reef, Antarctica, and the ice cap on Mt. Kilimanjaro have prompted some travel operators and tour agencies to recommend these destinations to consumers before they disappear. This travel trend has been reported as: ‘disappearing tourism...

    Published November 29th 2011 by Routledge
49. Seasonality, Rural Livelihoods and Development

    Edited by Stephen Devereux, Rachel Sabates-Wheeler, Richard Longhurst

    Seasonality is a severe constraint to sustainable rural livelihoods and a driver of poverty and hunger, particularly in the tropics. Many poor people in developing countries are ill equipped to cope with seasonal variations which can lead to drought or flood and consequences for agriculture,...

    Published November 29th 2011 by Routledge
50. Rural Livelihoods and Poverty Reduction Policies

    Edited by Frank Ellis, H. Ade Freeman

    Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

    This important new collection of contributions brings together current thinking on poverty reduction and rural livelihoods in developing countries. As well as leading economists in the field such as Frank Ellis and Chris Barrett, there are a number of contributors from developing countries...

    Published November 28th 2011 by Routledge