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This book investigates the power of civil society in the Middle East and North Africa, in the context of the post-Arab Spring era, as well as more long-standing challenges and constraints in the region.
This book looks at how postdevelopment and critical development principles actually work on the ground, revealing the ways in which actors in and out of development already follow postdevelopment practices, and suggesting alternative future pathways to explore.
This volume presents empirical and theoretical illustrations of the various means through which politics and power influence... Læs mere
This volume critically assesses measurements of success in East Asian post-conflict development from a human-centered perspective. This involves a major... Læs mere
The book provides new understandings on the issue of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa and makes recommendations for policy frameworks to help African governments and... Læs mere
Bringing together an interdisciplinary group of scholars, Post-Politics and Civil Society in Asian Cities examines how the... Læs mere
This book examines and compares the diverging security approaches of the UK, China and India in peacebuilding settings, with a specific focus on the case of Nepal.
Why, after several decades of helping poor countries improve their standard of living, is poverty still the rule? This is a provocative examination of international efforts to regulate fertility rates, and of the influence of aid and liberal policies on world population growth.
This book investigates the interconnections between populism and neoliberalism through the lens of postcolonialism. Its primary focus is to build a distinct understanding of... Læs mere
This book argues that to fully grasp the decision-making of politicians and political actors in developing countries, we must first understand how politicians finance their campaigns for office—and to whom they are indebted and expected to repay.
This book explores the relationship between bureaucrats and elected politicians in Bangladesh and discusses how this impacts governance and development in the country from an empirical perspective.