Forthcoming Politics & Development Books

Forthcoming Books

1. The Global Political Economy of Trade Protectionism and Liberalization

   Trade Reform and Economic Adjustment in Textiles and Clothing

   By Tony Heron

   Series: Routledge/RIPE Studies in Global Political Economy

   Given the widely-accepted premise that free trade is the best means of maximising overall societal welfare, why has it proven so difficult to achieve in certain industries? This book tackles arguably the most perennial and deep-rooted of all questions in political economy, and questions the...

   To Be Published June 11th 2012 by Routledge
2. Indigenous Nations and Modern States

   The Political Emergence of Nations Challenging State Power

   By Rudolph C. Ryser

   Series: Indigenous Peoples and Politics

   Indigenous peoples throughout the world tenaciously defend their lands, cultures, and their lives with resilience and determination. They have done so generation after generation. These are peoples who make up bedrock nations throughout the world in whose territories the United Nations says 80...

   To Be Published June 11th 2012 by Routledge
3. Neopatrimonialism in Africa and Beyond

   Edited by Daniel Bach, Mamoudou Gazibo

   Series: Routledge Studies in African Politics and International Relations

   Neopatrimonialism, a system whereby rulers use state resources for personal benefit and to secure the loyalty of clients in the general population, is central to any teaching or conceptualisation of contemporary African politics. This book is a theoretical and comparative study of neopatrimonialism...

   To Be Published June 29th 2012 by Routledge
4. State Performance and Reform in Developing Countries

   Pockets of Effectiveness

   Edited by Michael Roll

   Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

   The book is to provide an urgently needed corrective to the literature on state failure and governance in the developing world. While most literature is written from a focuses predominantly on state failure, corruption and other elements of ‘bad governance’, this book instead studies the phenomenon...

   To Be Published June 29th 2012 by Routledge
5. Global South to the Rescue

   Emerging Humanitarian Superpowers and Globalizing Rescue Industries

   Edited by Paul Amar

   Series: Rethinking Globalizations

   This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of an epochal shift in global order – the fact that global-south countries have taken up leadership roles in peacekeeping missions, humanitarian interventions, and transnational military industries: Brazil has taken charge of the UN military...

   To Be Published July 3rd 2012 by Routledge
6. Improving International Investment Agreements

   Edited by Armand De Mestral, Céline Lévesque

   Series: Routledge Research in International Economic Law

   This book presents the reflections of a group of researchers interested in assessing whether the law governing the promotion and protection of foreign investment reflects sound public policy. Whether it is the lack of "checks and balances" on investor rights or more broadly the lack of balance...

   To Be Published July 23rd 2012 by Routledge
7. The Millennium Development Goals and Beyond

   Global Development after 2015

   Edited by Rorden Wilkinson, David Hulme

   Series: Global Institutions

   The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have contributed to reductions in poverty and improvements in the human condition in many parts of the world since their "invention" in 2000 and 2001. It nonetheless remains the case that today, as on all the previous days of the twenty-first century, almost...

   To Be Published July 25th 2012 by Routledge
8. Trade, Poverty, Development

   Getting Beyond the WTO's Doha Deadlock

   Edited by Rorden Wilkinson, James Scott

   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...

   To Be Published August 9th 2012 by Routledge
9. The Politics and Economics of Britain's Foreign Aid

   The Pergau Dam Affair

   By Tim Lankester

   This book recounts the story of the largest and most controversial project in the recent history of British aid - the funding of the Pergau hydroelectric scheme in Malaysia. In 1988, the British defence minister promised civil aid to Malaysia as part of a major arms deal. Although this was entirely...

   To Be Published September 10th 2012 by Routledge
10. Populism in Venezuela

    By Ryan Brading

    Series: Routledge Studies in Latin American Politics

    Populism in Venezuela analyses the emergence, formation, reproduction and resistance to a left-wing populist project in a major world oil producer. For readers who seek to understand the historical, economical and sociological contexts that gave rise to a 38 year-old mestizo-mulato Lieutenant...

    To Be Published September 18th 2012 by Routledge