In British universities in the 1960s and 1970s, the institutionalization of Development Studies as a distinct field of teaching and research coincided with the rapid growth of Marxist ideas in the social sciences. This chapter considers aspects of Development Studies and Marxist work over the...

Because water is pivotal for health and livelihoods, inadequate access to water may be a significant cause of poverty and conflict. Poor access to clean water for drinking causes ill health. Poor access to water for agriculture and other livelihoods may be a cause of material deprivation. How...

Current debates surrounding “outsourcing†and “offshore†limit our understanding of the dynamics of services in the global environment by failing to 1) carefully define terms and 2) delineate key differences in production architectures, practices and regional impacts....

Andhra Pradesh is quickly developing into the third site of the South Indian “Silicon Triangleâ€. Regional government initiatives over the last six years have propelled the region from virtual non-existence to an increasingly central node of software development in the global economy....

In the context of globalization, transnational social regulation is increasingly the product of private (as opposed to public) interventions into the sphere of global trade. In recognition of the widespread failure of corporations to sufficiently address the socio-economic externalities borne by...