This edited collection demonstrates that the ideas inherent in social development are practical and not utopian. By discussing and delineating a social development approach, the book argues the need for practicing it at local or grassroots-level communities to promote universal social justice and we..
This edited collection demonstrates that the ideas inherent in social development are practical and not utopian. By discussing and delineating a social development approach, the book argues the need for practicing it at local or grassroots-level communities to promote universal social justice and we..
This book examines the application of the capability approach in development practice and in public policy, focussing on its adoption in the Asia-Pacific region, in both developed and developing countries...
This book examines the application of the capability approach in development practice and in public policy, focussing on its adoption in the Asia-Pacific region, in both developed and developing countries...
This book brings together leading scholars of development to propose new theoretical understandings of the relationship between development and the state. Focusing on the role of the state in the developing and transitional economies of South Korea, Taiwan, Ireland, China, South Africa, Brazil and I..
First published in 1982, this reissue deals with the theory of underdevelopment, as Dr. de Silva attempts a synthesis between the internal and external aspects of underdevelopment and, in the Marxist tradition, focuses on the impact of the external on the internal as the dominant reality._x000D_
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The book seeks to demonstrate the role of public policy in support of sustainable development. It also aims to provide an argument for the developmental role of the state. In addition, the book accounts for the role of civil society organizations, particularly their involvement in multi-stakeholder ..
The book seeks to demonstrate the role of public policy in support of sustainable development. It also aims to provide an argument for the developmental role of the state. In addition, the book accounts for the role of civil society organizations, particularly their involvement in multi-stakeholder ..
This book makes the case for a critical turn in development thinking around universities and their contributions in making a more equal post-2015 world. It puts forward a normative approach based on human development and the capability approach, one which can gain a hearing from policy, scholarship,..