Development Studies Textbooks

New and Published Textbooks

1. Governing Climate Change

   2nd Edition

   By Harriet Bulkeley, Peter Newell

   Series: Global Institutions

   Governing Climate Change, Second Edition, provides a short and accessible introduction to how climate change is governed by an increasingly diverse range of actors, from civil society and market actors to multilateral development banks, donors, and cities. This updated edition also includes:...

   Published June 2nd 2015 by Routledge
2. Population and Development

   2nd Edition

   By W.T.S. Gould

   Series: Routledge Perspectives on Development

   The new edition of Population and Development offers an up-to-date perspective on one of the critical issues at the heart of the problems of development for all countries, and especially those that seek to implement major economic and social change: the reflexive relationships between a country’s...

   Published May 8th 2015 by Routledge
3. The Elements of Environmental Pollution

   By John Rieuwerts

   Environmental pollution is one of humanity’s most pressing issues and will remain so for the foreseeable future. Anthropogenic activity is disturbing natural cycles and generating pollutants that are altering the atmosphere, accumulating in the food chain and contaminating the world’s soils, rivers...

   Published April 16th 2015 by Routledge
4. Agricultural Policy in the United States

   Evolution and Economics

   By James L. Novak, James W. Pease, Larry D. Sanders

   Series: Routledge Textbooks in Environmental and Agricultural Economics

   Agricultural Policy in the US: Evolution and Economics traces the foundation of US agricultural policy from its colonial roots to the present, using economic concepts to analyze and interpret political and economic consequences. Ancient Roman food and agricultural reform, English Corn Law and other...

   Published April 8th 2015 by Routledge
5. Managing the City Economy

   Challenges and Strategies in Developing Countries

   By Le-Yin Zhang

   In a world increasingly organised as networks of cities, this book offers the first full-length treatment of the subject of managing the city economy. It explores key challenges and strategies, particularly in developing countries, where developmental deficits are greatest and almost all urban...

   Published March 19th 2015 by Routledge
6. Understanding Poverty and the Environment

   Analytical frameworks and approaches

   By Fiona Nunan

   Does poverty lead to environmental degradation? Do degraded environments and natural resources lead to poverty? Or, are there other forces at play? Is the relationship between poverty and the environment really as straightforward as the vicious circle portrayal of ‘poverty leading to environmental...

   Published March 17th 2015 by Routledge
7. Environment and Citizenship

   By Benito Cao

   Series: Routledge Introductions to Environment: Environment and Society Texts

   The increasing awareness of the human impact on the environment is having a profound effect on the concept and content of citizenship – one of the fundamental institutions that structures human relations. In what is the first introduction of its kind, this book provides an accessible, stimulating...

   Published March 13th 2015 by Routledge
8. Introduction to Community Development BUNDLE

   Edited by Rhonda Phillips, Robert H. Pittman

   For the first time, Routledge offers two foundational community development texts combined for a discounted price. Beginning with the foundations of community development, An Introduction to Community Development offers a comprehensive and practical approach to planning for communities....

   Published March 13th 2015 by Routledge
9. How To Do Your Dissertation in Geography and Related Disciplines

   3rd Edition

   By Tony Parsons, Peter G Knight

   This book provides undergraduates with a step-by-step guide to successfully carrying out an independent research project or dissertation. The book addresses each stage of the project by answering the questions that a student is likely to ask as the work progresses from choosing the subject area and...

   Published February 17th 2015 by Routledge
10. Global Poverty

    Global governance and poor people in the Post-2015 Era, 2nd Edition

    By David Hulme

    Series: Global Institutions

    Around 1.4 billion people presently live in extreme poverty, and yet despite this vast scale, the issue of global poverty had a relatively low international profile until the end of the 20th century. In this important new work, Hulme charts the rise of global poverty as a priority global issue, and...

    Published February 10th 2015 by Routledge