Development Studies

This bestselling introductory text outlines the major themes and issues in the geography of the Third World. Fully revised and updated, with extra illustrations, boxed case studies, chapter summaries and guides to further reading...

Ekins combines a compendium of our planet's greatest ills with stirring, real-life examples of people breaking out of old moulds to become practical problem solvers...

A Political Geography of Latin America..

This reissue, first published in 1982, is concerned with the rapid contemporary metropolitan development in the Third World, at a time when manufacturing and public service sectors were expending at a terrific rate. Nevertheless, the phenomenal growth of the metropolitan cities brings with it an inc..

This reissue, first published in 1982, is concerned with the rapid contemporary metropolitan development in the Third World, at a time when manufacturing and public service sectors were expending at a terrific rate. Nevertheless, the phenomenal growth of the metropolitan cities brings with it an inc..

This book critically examines the extent and consequences of the marginalization of African youth. It questions conventional wisdoms about data trends, aspirational goals, and common policy interventions surrounding Africa’s youth that have been variously propagated in both the development studies l..

Beginning with a comprehensive introduction to the topic of Third Worldism, this edited volume brings together a range of important contributions that offer a powerful overall view of the history and contemporary dynamics of the changing global order in an era that can be described as ‘After the Thi..

This book considers the processes used for devising global environment and development agendas and provides practical suggestions for their future development and influence...

First Published in 1982. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

The book is an 'everyday' geography of the Global South that places 'development' in the background and brings detailed, grounded understanding of the ways in which individuals and households make a living...

The book is an 'everyday' geography of the Global South that places 'development' in the background and brings detailed, grounded understanding of the ways in which individuals and households make a living...

This book unpacks the concept of corruption, its political and ethical influences, its measurement, and how it is being combatted. The book analyses international development assistance in particular, and looks at how efforts to tackle corruption in developing countries could be improved...