South Asia in a Globalising World - Bob Bradnock, Glynn Williams

South Asia in a Globalising World

A Reconstructed Regional Geography
Buch | Softcover
300 Seiten
2002
Prentice-Hall (Verlag)
978-0-13-025947-9 (ISBN)
62,95 inkl. MwSt
This is an introduction to the economic, social and political processes and development issues in South Asia. The authors present summaries and research in an accessible manner for non-specialists. They aim to integrate students' understanding of South Asia with wider theoretical debates.
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

Erscheint lt. Verlag 18.2.2002
Reihe/Serie Developing Areas Research Group
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 453 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10 0-13-025947-0 / 0130259470
ISBN-13 978-0-13-025947-9 / 9780130259479
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