Foreign aid is about charity. International development is about technical fixes. At least that i...

In this classic text, now in its fourth edition, Gilbert Rist provides a complete and powerful ov...

This unique and insightful book is the first comprehensive study of think-tanks both based in and...

Critically positions international volunteering within an understanding of the wider geopolitical...

Tamil Tigers explores the birth and death of one of the most ruthless armed groups of recent times.

Disciplining Democracy

An extremely timely and though-provoking examination of the contentious issue of mining in South ...

Popular Alternatives to Globalization at the World Social Forum. A comprehensive vision of a more...

China has occupied the limelight in discussions of Africa's burgeoning relations with the non-Wes...

Discounted for a couple of decades as a viable solution, nuclear power is undergoing a resurgence...

China has occupied the limelight in discussions of Africa's burgeoning relations with the non-Wes...

Catching Thunder

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, but few would consider it a social good. Instead, o...

Throughout Africa, growing numbers of women are coming together and making their voices heard, mo...