Department of Development Studies (DEV)

Celebrating the 800th anniversary of the Charter of the Forest (2017)
Digital Artefact
Standing, G. Celebrating the 800th anniversary of the Charter of the Forest

South Asian women elders and everyday lives of ‘care in the community’ in Britain: the neoliberal turn in social care and the myth of the family (2017)
Journal Article
Purewal, N., & Jasani, R. (2017). South Asian women elders and everyday lives of ‘care in the community’ in Britain: the neoliberal turn in social care and the myth of the family. South Asian Diaspora, 9(2), 111-127. https://doi.org/10.1080/19438192.2017.1339381

China’s Dam Builders: their role in transboundary river management in Southeast Asia (2017)
Journal Article
Urban, F., Siciliano, G., & Nordensvard, J. (2018). China’s Dam Builders: their role in transboundary river management in Southeast Asia. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 34(5), 747-770. https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2017.1329138

This article investigates China’s role as the world’s largest builder of and investor in large dams, focussing on the Greater Mekong Sub-Region in South-East Asia. It addresses the role Chinese actors play in dam-building as well as the environmental... Read More about China’s Dam Builders: their role in transboundary river management in Southeast Asia.

Social Service Delivery in Violent Contexts: Achieving Results Against the Odds. A report from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nepal (2017)
Report
Di John, J., & O'Meally, S. Social Service Delivery in Violent Contexts: Achieving Results Against the Odds. A report from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nepal

This report provides the foundation for a new approach to service delivery in violence-affected contexts that is sensitive to the actual forms of violence, politics, and bargaining encountered in many conflict-affected states. The findings unearth is... Read More about Social Service Delivery in Violent Contexts: Achieving Results Against the Odds. A report from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nepal.

Introduction: Enclosures and discontents: Primitive accumulation and resistance under globalised capital (2017)
Journal Article
Tilley, L., Kumar, A., & Cowan, T. (2017). Introduction: Enclosures and discontents: Primitive accumulation and resistance under globalised capital. City: Analysis of Urban Change, Theory, Action, 21(3-4), 420-427. https://doi.org/10.1080/13604813.2017.1331562

Special Feature: Primitive accumulation and resistance under globalized capital (2017)
Other
(2017). Special Feature: Primitive accumulation and resistance under globalized capital. London

Class, gender and the sweatshop: on the nexus between labour commodification and exploitation (2017)
Book Chapter
Mezzadri, A. (2017). Class, gender and the sweatshop: on the nexus between labour commodification and exploitation. In J. Pattenden, L. Campling, S. Miyamura, & B. Selwyn (Eds.), Class Dynamics of Development. Routledge

Baghdad in France (2017)
Other
Achcar, G. (2017). Baghdad in France

Taken For A Ride: Grounding Neoliberalism, Precarious Labour, and Public Transport in an African Metropolis (2017)
Book
Rizzo, M. (2017). Taken For A Ride: Grounding Neoliberalism, Precarious Labour, and Public Transport in an African Metropolis. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198794240.001.0001

The growth of cities and informal economies are two central manifestations of globalization in the developing world. Taken for a Ride addresses both, drawing on long-term fieldwork in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) and charting its public transport system’... Read More about Taken For A Ride: Grounding Neoliberalism, Precarious Labour, and Public Transport in an African Metropolis.

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