Development Studies
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Global Youth Unemployment
Ross Fergusson, Nicola Yeates
‘Rarely has a study of global youth unemployment so adeptly combined an empirically-grounded scrutiny of its levels and trends, with a conceptually nuanced analysis of its political economy drivers at multiple scales. Fergusson and Yeate...eBook:Find out more$36.00
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The Handbook of Diverse Economies
Edited by J. K. Gibson-Graham, Kelly Dombroski
‘The Handbook of Diverse Economies offers a rich, beautiful, organic garden of ideas to nourish the project of “doing economy” differently. These sprouts and vines will, eventually, alter the institutional structures we inhabit.’ – Nancy...eBook:Find out more$52.00
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A Research Agenda for Global Rural Development
Terry Marsden, Claire Lamine, Sergio Schneider
‘Rural spaces, while still under-threat, also represent sites of incredible experimentation, innovation and resistance. In an era of growing ecological and economic crisis, this book represents a much needed addition to the literature sh...eBook:Find out more$36.00
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Handbook on Global Value Chains
Edited by Stefano Ponte, Gary Gereffi, Gale Raj-Reichert
‘Finally, a Handbook of global value chains. This collection establishes the state of the art in knowledge on the industrial form – the GVC – that has transformed capitalism for better and worse and which is at the centre of contemporary...eBook:Find out more$55.96
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Standing up for a Sustainable World
Edited by Claude Henry, Johan Rockström, Nicholas Stern
‘It is easy to say, as is frequently repeated, that the future of humanity on earth is at risk. The difficult challenge is to understand the empirical basis of that terrible fear, and also to assess, with best professional scrutiny, what... -
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Handbook of Social Policy and Development
Edited by James Midgley, Rebecca Surender, Laura Alfers
‘If you read one book to understand current scholarship on social policy and development in the global south, this should be it. Lucid and comprehensive, it is encyclopaedic in scope. The role of the state is set out and powerfully defen...eBook:Find out more$58.36
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A Research Agenda for Tourism and Development
Edited by Richard Sharpley, David Harrison
‘The book serves as a valuable guide for graduate students and scholars from different disciplines and contexts to contribute to comprehensive knowledge and understanding on tourism and development by situating tourism in a broader globa...eBook:Find out more$33.60
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A Research Agenda for Financial Inclusion and Microfinance
Edited by Marek Hudon, Marc Labie, Ariane Szafarz
How can financial services, such as credit, deposit accounts, financial transfers, and insurance be provided to people in need? This challenging and complex issue has been a topic of interest for the international aid community for decad...eBook:Find out more$33.60
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Handbook on In-Work Poverty
Edited by Henning Lohmann, Ive Marx
‘This is a wide-ranging, original and timely collection on a topic of growing of interest. This Handbook will be an essential source for those who seek to understand how and why working poverty differs across nations, and the policy resp...eBook:Find out more$54.40
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Sustainable Development Goals and Income Inequality
Edited by Peter A.G. van Bergeijk, Rolph van der Hoeven
‘The Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations have set the most ambitious development agenda in history. For the first time, income inequality was included as a specific goal, and one that is essential to stem one of the worst...eBook:Find out more$33.60
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Research Handbook on Small Business Social Responsibility
Edited by Laura J. Spence, Jedrzej G. Frynas, Judy N. Muthuri, Jyoti Navare
‘The editors have assembled an internationally diverse set of contributors to provide a breakthrough comprehensive Research Handbook for scholars and students interested in the social responsibility of SMEs. For too long corporate social...eBook:Find out more$54.40
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Handbook of Alternative Theories of Economic Development
Edited by Erik S. Reinert, Jayati Ghosh, Rainer Kattel
The Handbook of Alternative Theories of Economic Development explores the theories and approaches which, over a prolonged period of time, have existed as viable alternatives to today’s mainstream and neo-classical tenets. With a total of...eBook:Find out more$66.40