International Development
World poverty
New policies to defeat an old enemy
The study, when published in 2002, received coverage across the globe from Brazil to Greece and attracted the support of the then High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson. Anyone interested in understanding, campaigning or simply debating the issues facing policy makers today will find this book a rich and compelling resource.
Child poverty in the developing world
This report provides a summary of the results from a major international research project, funded by UNICEF, on child rights and child poverty in the developing world.
Ethnicity, class and aspiration
Understanding London's new East End
An analysis of the aspirations of different groups living in East London and the strategies they have used to improve their status.
China's responsibility for climate change
Ethics, fairness and environmental policy
This book describes China's contribution to global warming and analyzes its policy responses, examining China's practical and ethical responsibility from a variety of perspectives.
Knowledge, Policy and Power in International Development
A Practical Guide
This book presents an academically rigorous yet practical guide to efforts to understand how knowledge, policy and power interact to promote or prevent change.
Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development in China
Hong Kong in Global Context
Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development uses Hong Kong to explore environmental economic and social development in China, providing concepts of sustainability, contexts for environmental policymaking, and key challenges in sustainable development.
The Future of Development
A Radical Manifesto
This book explains the origins of development and underdevelopment and offers a new vision for development, demystifying the statistics that international organizations use to measure development and introducing the alternative concept of buen vivir: the state of living well.
Poverty Reduction Strategy in Bangladesh
Rethinking participation in policy making
This book analyses government relationships with international financial institutions (IFIs) to evaluate the role of citizen participation in formulating national poverty reduction policies in low-income countries.
China and Post-Socialist Development
In China and Post-Socialist Development the emergence of China as an economic superpower is examined and framed within the context of the East Asian developmental miracle, arguing that China’s approach – broadly in opposition to the neo-liberal doctrine – has brought impressive results.
The Challenge of Sustainability
Linking Politics, Education and Learning
Exploring the links between politics, learning and sustainability this book argues that if we are to successfully meet the challenges of climate change and sustainability we need to embed a lifelong commitment to sustainability in all learning.
Urban Environments in Africa
A Critical Analysis of Environmental Politics
Explores the impact of Africa’s rapidly growing urban population on local resources and the environment, acknowledging the clash between Western focus on sustainable development and the lived realities of residents of often poor, informal settlements.
Hunger Pains
Life inside Foodbank Britain
We know the statistics, but what does it feel like to be forced to turn to foodbanks for help? What does it take to get emergency food, and what's in the food parcel? This is a powerful insight into the harsh reality of foodbank use from the inside.