Entwicklungspolitik

Globalization, Self-Determination and Violent Conflict

The authors show that with violent conflict in the developing world as the critical issue for the twenty-first century, and conflict prevention a central security problem for the developed and dev...

Income Elasticity and Economic Development

M. Ohidul Haque

<P>This volume is mainly concerned with methods of estimating income elasticity. It is connected with economic development that can be achieved by reducing income inequality, a highly releva...

Globalisation, Poverty and Conflict

This state-of-the-art critical ‘development’ reader examines the inter-relationships between globalisation, poverty and conflict. It complements current debates in the field of development stu...

The Politics of Developmentalism in Mexico, Taiwan and South Korea

J. Minns

Minns argues that the industrial transformations of Mexico, South Korea and Taiwan were based on the existence of powerful developmentalist states in each. It explores the origins of such states a...

The Failure of Democratic Nation Building: Ideology Meets Evolution

S. Peterson / A. Somit

Throughout history authoritarian governments have outnumbered democratic ones to an overwhelming degree. Even today, true democracies are an exception. In this book, Somit and Peterson argue that ...

The Constitution of Development

S. Shivakumar

Examining the foundations of development, Shivakumar describes how societies can reconstitute themselves to improve their developmental well-being. He argues that the unitary state focus in theory...

Palgrave Advances in Development Studies

Palgrave Advances in Development Studies aims to provide readers with an understanding of the disparate theories concerning development, their assumptions and the intellectual forces underpinning ...

Institutionelle Regime für nachhaltige Landschaftsentwicklung /Régimes institutionnels pour le développement durable du paysage

Wem gehört die Aussicht auf das Matterhorn? Wem die Ruhe auf der Bettmeralp? Verbauen sich die Einwohner der Riederalp ihre (touristische) Zukunft? Wer darf die Landschaft der Lavaux umgestalten ...