South Asia in a Globalising World

A Reconstructed Regional Geography
1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-13-025947-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 426 g

Reihe: Developing Areas Research Group

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bradnock, Bob

Williams, Glynn

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regionalgeographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Globalisierung, Transformationsprozesse
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Bob Bradnock, Glynn Williams