"This volume explores the diverse meanings and ways of implementing development programs and technical assistance projects, through several case studies grounded in Mexico but transcending its geography. Despite – or perhaps because of – claims of “revolutionary nationalism”, Mexico...

"The Routledge Handbook of Smuggling offers a comprehensive survey of interdisciplinary research related to smuggling, reflecting on key themes, and charting current and future trends. Divided into 6 parts and spanning over 30 chapters, the volume covers themes such as mobility, borders, violent...

This book explores the linkages between Southern Europe and South America in the post-World War II period, through organized migration and development policies. In the post-war period, regulated migration was widely considered in the West as a route to development and modernization. Southern...

The notion of development influences and is influenced by all aspects of human life. Social science is but one representational option among many for conveying the myriad ways in which development is conceived, encountered, experienced, justified, courted, and/or resisted by different groups at...

"The Routledge Handbook of Smuggling offers a comprehensive survey of interdisciplinary research related to smuggling, reflecting on key themes, and charting current and future trends. Divided into 6 parts and spanning over 30 chapters, the volume covers themes such as mobility, borders, violent...

The Power of Information -- Of Frameworks, Methods and Sites -- Framing Information: Origins and Conceptions -- Politics Denied: Constructing Efficient Markets with Mobile Phones and Price Information -- Politics Bracketed: Crafting Informed Citizens at Village Information Centers -- Politics...