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Birtchnell and Hoyle explore how printers, designs, materials and infrastructures all need to be 'just right' in order for meaningful... Læs mere
India's health failures remain visible and pronounced despite high rates of economic growth since the 1980s and more than six decades of democratic rule.
This book argues that the G20 is neither a global executive board for a new world order, nor is it just a crisis unit for failing economies. It is a laboratory for the... Læs mere
The book summarises the critique of these approaches, suggests a comprehensive alternative framework, and shows how the alternative works in reality through a case study of the largest of the new democracies, Indonesia.
As India strives to improve overall social and economic conditions and gender relations through policies such as the abolishment of... Læs mere
The new growth patterns and shifting wealth in the world economy fundamentally alter the basis for Western aid. Western aid, once a helping hand to... Læs mere
Based on ethnographic data, this revealing study presents a humane and realistic account of Romanian economic migrants and their life in the UK, providing a more balanced picture of the way new immigrant groups are depicted and popularly perceived.
The author assesses the politics of different humanitarian interventions in the Mexico-US border region developing a unique perspective on the significance of people, places and things to contemporary border struggles.
While the 2011 Egyptian revolution has already become the subject of much debate, the roots of the socio-economic context which made the revolution possible have seldom been explored.
Medellín, Colombia, used to be the most violent city on earth, but in recent years, allegedly thanks to its 'social urbanism' approach... Læs mere
The aims of and motives for development cooperation have changed significantly in recent times. Besides pursuing short- and longer-term... Læs mere
This book highlights the contribution of language standardization to the economic rise of the West between 1600 and 1860. Previous studies have... Læs mere