Development Studies

Urban poverty is an emerging problem. This book explores the household and neighbourhood factors that lead to both the generation and continuance of urban poverty in China. It is argued that the urban Chinese are not a homogenous social ...

Hardback (2010)

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Food Security in Africa

Edited by Alexander Sarris, Jamie Morrison

Drawing on insights from theoretical applications, empirically based approaches and case study experience, this book contributes to the improved design and use of trade and related policy interventions in staple food markets.

Hardback (2010)

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The Militarization of the Persian Gulf

Hossein Askari, Amin Mohseni, Shahrzad Daneshvar

The Persian Gulf is arguably the most militarized region in the world. The authors of this insightful book examine military expenditures, arms imports and military deployment to analyze how and why this came to be. Muslim teachings have ...

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Health Care Systems in Developing and Transition Countries

Edited by Diana Pinto Masís, Peter C. Smith

Health policy is a central preoccupation of many, if not all, developing countries. This book presents a selection of ten studies that illustrate the powerful tool that carefully conducted research can offer policy-makers seeking to addr...

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Diversity in Economic Growth

Edited by Gary McMahon, Hadi Salehi Esfahani, Lyn Squire

Economists have long relied on cross-country regression analysis to identify the determinants of continued growth, but with only limited success. This book demonstrates the value of a different approach.

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Chinese Economic Development and the Environment

Shunsuke Managi, Shinji Kaneko

Over the past two decades, China has become an economic powerhouse. However, as the world’s largest producer of CO2 emissions, the scale and seriousness of China’s environmental problems are clearly evident. This pioneering book provides...

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Explaining Civil War

Syed Mansoob Murshed

This book explores the pre-conditions for conflict in terms of growth failure and critically appraises the greed and grievance theories common to conflict literature. It is argued that various institutional mechanisms of restraint that c...

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Migration and Mobility in Europe

Edited by Heinz Fassmann, Max Haller, David Lane

The enlargement of the European Union has had an enormous impact on migration within Europe. This book addresses the form of these effects, outlining the social, political and economic problems created by the free movement of people with...

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Nations of Immigrants

Edited by John Higley, John Nieuwenhuysen, Stine Neerup

This timely book examines the immense surges in immigration since the mid-1990s in Australia and the United States, two of the world’s most important settler-receiving countries.

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Purchasing Power Parities of Currencies

Edited by D. S.P. Rao

This up-to-date book demonstrates how the purchasing power parities (PPPs) of currencies are being increasingly used in place of exchange rates for a variety of purposes. These include: comparisons of real income, measurements of global ...

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Trade Liberalisation and The Poverty of Nations

A. P. Thirlwall, Penélope Pacheco-López

This book argues that orthodox theory is based on many unreal assumptions, and that there are sound economic arguments for selective protection of industrial activities in the early stages of economic development. The historical evidence...

Paperback (2009)

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Hardback (2008)

List price ~~£102.00~~

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