Bücher der Reihe Routledge Library Editions: Development

Presents a comprehensive overview of contemporary developments and research into the geography of the Third World, at a time when economies and societies there were changing at a much more rapid rate than their counterparts in the developing world.

Focussing on a Fieldwork study of the West Usambaras in Tanzania, this study deals with processes of class formation and capitalist accumulation, and the dynamics of rural poverty and gender relations. It argues that rural differentiation is systematically reinforced by the socialist state.

A study of contemporary social policy in developing countries, which places the emphasis upon the human needs and requirements for social change which confront any people and any government, wherever their political and international affiliations lie, whatever their economic and social convictions may be.

Deals with the theory of underdevelopment. The author 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.

First published in 1986, this reissue is concerned with the increased social problems, regional imbalances, and economic dislocation resulting from the alarming growth rate of cities in the developing world. It considers theoretical questions and contains wide-ranging case studies to support the arguments made. It relates urbanisation in the developing world to changes in the broader global economic system, as well as looking at the urbanisation process over time.

First published in 1982, this collection was the result of an ambitious and wide-ranging, inter-disciplinary research programme conducted by the International Labour Office (ILO) on the relationship between womenΓÇÖs roles and demographic change, with a view to influencing contemporary government and non-government policy and future research in the field. The ILO held an informal gathering of leading researchers in the fields of economics, anthropology, sociology and demography and this volume represents a unique and practically-orientated collection, offering valuable insights into contemporary perspectives on womenΓÇÖs studies and population dynamics.

The four major strands in the work of Latin American Theorists are: structuralism, internal colonialism, marginality and dependency. This book includes a comprehensive analysis of the Latin American School of Development and a guide to the major Third World contribution to development theory.

The Green Revolution - the apparently miraculous increase in cereal crop yields achieved in the 1960s - came under severe criticism in the 1970s because of its demands for optimal irrigation, intensive use of fertilisers and pesticides. This book examines the Green Revolution concept in South America, Asia and Africa.

Considers the main aspects of foreign aid to developing countries in terms of economic concepts and principles. This title gives an economic definition of aid and considers the motives for giving aid and the principles on which it may be allocated.

The OPEC countries' collective policy is to offer external development assistance free from political or commercial ties, with the purpose of expressing the solidarity of one group of developing countries with the rest. This book describes the OPEC Fund's organisational evolution into a fully-fledged international body.

Explores contemporary US foreign aid policies and thinking in the Reagan era. This book argues that aid policy is often confused as a result of bureaucratic decision-making processes. It contrasts the experience of the many countries where aid-giving has produced unwished-for effects with the few countries where the desired results have occurred.

First published in 1987, this volume was written to shed some light upon the nature and environmental consequences and wider relevance of development strategies in the Peoples¿ Republic of China. It covers industrialisation, food production, energy use and landscape and settlement planning.

Examines the exchange between issues of development and problems of social theory. Thsi book is of interest to those interested in the contemporary 'restructuring' of social theory and to theorists of development who are rethinking their concerns in a period of pessimism and doubt.

First published in 1981, this book concerns specifically the Kenyan experience with regards to development planning but, given that the problems of hunger poverty and underdevelopment manifest themselves in slightly different forms across all African countries, this book has considerable relevance to development planning across the African continent.

Explores the ways in which public policies and socio-political beliefs cause political change in the Third World. This title presents a general overview of political change in the Third World, explaining how different models of political systems explain the dynamics of political events in Latin America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

Explores how the Yoruba of Nigeria living in Ibadan and Lagos perceive the society in which they live. This title shows that, in general, these recent migrants and city dwellers see their society as open; they emphasise achievement rather than class opposition.

Stresses the importance of development studies for sociology. The author argues that this field of study is emerging from the technical social scientific ghetto back into the mainstream of the 'classical tradition' of social theorizing, represented by Marx, Weber and Durkheim.

Provides a critical analysis of socialist construction in underdeveloped countries. Pointing out that all the socialist revolutions of the twentieth century have occurred in underdeveloped peripheral capitalist countries, the authors focus on the relationship between socialism and underdevelopment.

First published in 1986, this work challenges underdevelopment analyses of Africa's past experiences and future prospects, and builds upon a very wide range of historical research to argue that the impact of Capitalism has resulted in economic progress and significant improvements in living standards.