"Contributing authors to this volume re-examine the concept of the developmental state by providing further theoretical specifications, undertaking critical appraisal and theoretical re-interpretation, assessing its value for the emerging economies of China and India, and considering its...

Examines the increasing significance of the volunteer and volunteerism in African societies, and their societal impact within precarious economies in a period of massive unemployment and faltering trajectories of social mobility

NGOs and state development -- Theorizing NGOs and the state : territoriality, governance, capacity, legitimacy -- Kenya as case study : historical portraits of NGOs and the state -- Territoriality : NGOs and the broadcasting of state power -- NGOs' role in governance : changing patterns of...