Preface / David Francis, Imraan Valodia and Edward Webster -- Towards a southern approach to inequality : inequality studies in South Africa and the Global South / Edward Webster, Imraan Valodia and David Francis -- Is hierarchy the same as inequality? / Dilip Menon -- Inequality under...

Globalization has become the cliche of our times. The virus of neo-liberal globalization has struck almost everybody including within the ranks of the left. Its proponents claim that it produces `accelerated, efficient` development along with democracy and human rights. Reality shows the...

Klappentext: Chinas Initiative "Neue Seidenstraßen" knüpft an die einstige weltpolitische Bedeutung des "Reichs der Mitte" an und entwirft gleichzeitig einen Bauplan zukünftiger Größe. Durch den Ausbau von Verkehrsinfrastruktur, Energieversorgung und Wirtschaftskorridoren zwischen Asien,...

Happiness research has been a great success by yielding new and important insights. These results are often used in a technocratic manner: governments should maximize, or at least raise, the subjective well-being of the population measured by the national happiness index. Yet the government has...

This Handbook on the South Asian Economies (a companion to the Handbook on the Northeast and Southeast Asian Economies) is a comprehensive and unique collection of original studies on the economic and social development of countries in South Asia. The analytical narratives draw upon a wide range...