Dee Scholey - Editor

Global Poverty: Deprivation, Distribution, and Development Since the Cold War

Andy Sumner

Why are some people poor? Why does absolute poverty persist despite substantial economic growth? What types of late economic development or 'catch-up' capitalism are associated with different poverty outcomes? Global Poverty addresses these apparently simple questions and the extent to which the answers may be shifting. One might expect global poverty to be focused in the world's poorest count... read more

Development and Distribution: Structural Change in South East Asia

Andy Sumner

Since the Second World War, surprisingly few developing countries have experienced a truly sustained episode of economic and social convergence towards the structural characteristics of the advanced nations. East Asia has exceeded most regions in its achievement of convergence, and much has been written on comparative industrialization and development in North East Asia. Less discussed is Sout... read more

Transforming Infant Wellbeing: Research, Policy and Practice for the First 1001 Critical Days

Transforming Infant Wellbeing brings together science and policy to highlight the critical importance of the first 1001 days of infancy: the period from conception to the second birthday. Introduced and edited by Penelope Leach, who uniquely combines academic knowledge of infant development with the ability to write about it for wide audiences, the book has at its heart 25 original articles by... read more

A Micro-Level Perspective on the Dynamics of Conflict, Violence, and Development

Patricia Justino, Tilman Bruck, Philip Verwimp

This volume presents an innovative new analytical framework for understanding the dynamics of violent conflict and its impact on people and communities living in contexts of violence. Bringing together the findings of MICROCON, an influential five year research programme funded by the European Commission, this book provides readers with the most current and comprehensive evidence available on ... read more

Digital Echoes: Spaces for Intangible and Performance-based Cultural Heritage

SIPRI Yearbook 2017: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security (SIPRI Yearbook Series)

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

Aid, Growth and Poverty

Jonathan Glennie, Andy Sumner

Revolutions in Development Inquiry

Robert Chambers

This book draws together and reviews the revolutionary changes in the methodologies and methods of development inquiry that have occurred in the past forty years, and reflects on their transformative potential for the future. It is for all who seek to be abreast of these revolutionary breakthroughs in approaches and methods of inquiry of recent years, and what Chambers calls their 'unlimited p... read more

The Many Dimensions of Poverty

Many Dimensions of Poverty With representatives from different disciplines stressing the central importance of freedom in analyzing poverty and emphasizing some important policy issues, this book offers a view of poverty that will orient research in directions previously neglected, and help those in charge of implementing poverty reduction policies. Full description

Appalachia in Regional Context: Place Matters (Place Matters: New Directions in Appalachian Studies)

In an increasingly globalized world, place matters more than ever. Nowhere is that more true than in Appalachian studies -- a field which brings scholars, activists, artists, and citizens together around a region to contest misappropriations of resources and power and combat stereotypes of isolation and intolerance. In Appalachian studies, the diverse ways in which place is invoked, the person... read more

Anxious Histories: Narrating the Holocaust in Jewish Communities at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century

Jordana Silverstein