John Weeks 
Development Strategy and the Economy of Sierra Leone [PDF ebook] 

Liberation Science is the practice of using the knowledge and methods of science to solve the social and environmental problems faced by the poor. Liberation Science can address these problems becaus …

Recent years have witnessed growing interest in a series of issues related to migration, including identity formation and change, the role of social capital and social networks, ethnic discrimination …

Giordano Sivini has been an international aid consultant for over twenty-five years. Here he channels a 1960s and 1970s idealistic political commitment into fieldwork and the sphere of development fr …

The Kalahandi district in the state of Odisha in Eastern India is regarded as an iconic region of underdevelopment, and is often perceived to be the ‘Somalia’ of the country. It is also the site of a …

The following are treated in this e-book: amoebas, Paramecium caudatum, Euglena gracilis, Clamydomonas reinhardtii, Plasmodium malariae, radiolarians, foranminifera, bryophytes, heliozoans, bacterial …

Crises have been studied in many disciplines and from diverse perspectives for at least 150 years. Yet recent decades have seen a marked increase in the crisis literature, reflecting growing awarenes …

This book explores the positions of small EU members in approaching external energy security, using Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia as case studies. It examines when small EU members support …

This book analyzes the factors that drive Boko Haram’s violence, arguing that the movement is rooted in the historical and religious context of west Africa. The data presented is based on extensive r …

Practices of Citizenship in East Africa uses insights from philosophical pragmatism to explore how to strengthen citizenship within developing countries. Using a bottom-up approach, the book investig …

Ip uses Hong Kong as a case study in how the production of the desire for 'the local’ lies at the heart of global cultural economy. Perhaps more so than most places, the construction of a local ident …