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Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum have made major contributions to development studies and social philosophy, yet sustainability issues have largely remained outside their domain despite sustainability’s significance and complex relation to their central value of freedom.
This handbook constitutes a specialist single compendium that analyses African political economy in its theoretical, historical and policy dimensions.... Læs mere
This book traces the mobilization process leading up to the January 25 Uprising, and furthers our understanding of the largely unexpected diffusion of protest during this Egyptian Revolution.
How can the successful development of some former Third World countries be explained, while other developing countries have remained stagnant or worse, have deteriorated into failed states?
The units of analysis roughly correspond with the major United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) regions of the world, including sub-Saharan Africa, Middle-East and North Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Western Europe, North America, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
How can we ensure that pharmaceutical research helps all communities, even those who cannot afford to pay for the products? While... Læs mere
This book explains the making of the South African state and thereby contributes to the development theory by analyzing the concept of the embedded neoliberal state.
This book examines the various ways in which some fragile states in the Global South (or states with limited statehood) have adopted, and adapted to, processes of governance in their quests to address the socialized problems affecting their societies.
This edited volume addresses a critical aspect of development in Africa: the intersection between education and governance.
The role of big finance and technology in social change is rapidly evolving. This book examines why large financial players are entering the social sector through social finance.
This handbook examines agricultural and rural development in Africa from theoretical, empirical and policy stand points. It... Læs mere