South Asia in a Globalising World

A Reconstructed Regional Geography

Bob Bradnock, Glynn Williams (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

300 Seiten

2017
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-16684-4 (ISBN)

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A comprehensive introduction to the important economic, social and political processes and development issues in this extremely popular region. South Asia provides one of the world's most challenging development contexts and The authors take a different approach to most traditional development texts, making the latest research teacher friendly and presenting material in an accessible manner for non-specialists.

Bob Bradnock, Glynn Williams

Part 1 - Introducing South Asia
Part 2 - Environmental Challenges
Political ecology of large irrigation shemes in India & Nepal
Environment, development and South Asia's adivasi population
Squatter settlements, housing and urban sustainability in Pakistan
Part 3 - Geopolitics of Development
Transforming ideologies of development
Democracy, decentralisation and regional development
Depoliticising development? NGOs, participation and empowerment
Nation-spaces, protest and resistance in Sri Lanka
Part 4 - Social Inequality & Social Change
Caste and the reproduction of social inequality
Development discourse and poverty in Sri Lanka

Erscheinungsdatum	01.02.2017
Reihe/Serie	Developing Areas Research Group
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10	1-138-16684-7 / 1138166847
ISBN-13	978-1-138-16684-4 / 9781138166844
Zustand	Neuware