Development Studies – September and October 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|November 28, 2012|Development Studies|0 comments

 e-books Coming climate crisis?  : consider the past, beware the big fix / Claire L. Parkinson. Available from Dawsonera. Abortion in Asia local dilemmas, global politics / edited by Andrea Whittaker. Available from Dawsonera. United in discontent : local responses to cosmopolitanism and globalization / edited by Dimitrios Theodossopoulos and Elisabeth Kirtsoglou. Available from Dawsonera. e-book and print Ethics for disaster / Naomi Zack. [Also available as an e-book from

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History – August 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|September 4, 2012|History|0 comments

A search for sovereignty: law and geography in European empires, 1400-1900 / Lauren Benton Tidings from Zion: Helen Bentwich’s letters from Jerusalem, 1919-1931 / edited by Jenifer Glynn. Pacific worlds: a history of seas, peoples, and cultures / Matt K. Matsuda  Victorian visions of global order: empire and international relations in nineteenth-century political thought / edited by Duncan Bell. The imperial security state: British colonial knowledge and empire-building in Asia

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Development Studies – August 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|September 4, 2012|Development Studies|0 comments

E-Books Borderlines and Borderlands: Political oddities at at the edge of the nation state/ edited by Alexander C. Diener and Joshua City out of chaos : urban self-organization and sustainability / Riccardo M. Pulselli & Enzo Tiezzi Coming climate crisis? consider the past, beware the big fix / Claire L. Parkinson Environmental sociology / John Hannigan Ethics for disaster/ Naomi Zack The Politics of Indigeneity: Dialogues and Reflections on Indigenous

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History – Jan to August 012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 19, 2012|History|0 comments

Sharing the burden of the past : legacies of war in Europe, America, and Asia / edited by Andrew Horvat and Gebhard Hielscher. Historical disasters in context : science, religion, and politics / edited by Andrea Janku, Gerrit Jasper Schenk, and Franz Mauelshagen. Available as an e-book from Dawsonera [SOAS staff & students only] The global history of childhood reader / edited by Heidi Morrison.

Politics and International Relations – June 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|June 28, 2012|Politics and International Relations|0 comments

The origins of political order : from prehuman times to the French Revolution / Francis Fukuyama Human rights and conflict : exploring the links between rights, law and peacebuilding / edited by Julie Mertus and Jeffrey W. Helsing. Judges beyond politics in democracy and dictatorship : lessons from Chile / Elisabeth Hilbink. The politics of memory : transitional justice in democratizing societies / edited by Alexandra Barahona de Brito, Carmen

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Development Studies – May 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|June 18, 2012|Development Studies|0 comments

e-books Food and environment : the quest for a sustainable future / editors, V. Popov, C.A. Brebbia. [Dawsonera] Flood prevention and remediation / edited by F.C.B. Mascarenhas. [Dawsonera] Incentives and instruments for sustainable irrigation / edited by H. Bjornlund. [Dawsonera] Management of scarce water resources : a Middle Eastern experience / Hazim K. El-Naser. [Dawsonera] The road to sustainability : GDP and future generations / Federico M. Pulselli … [et al.]. [Dawsonera]

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Development Studies – April 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|April 30, 2012|Development Studies|0 comments

Combating malnutrition in Ethiopia : an evidence-based approach for sustained results / Andrew Sunil Rajkumar, Christopher Gaukler, and Jessica Tilahun. Exporting services : a developing country perspective / Arti Grover Goswami, Aaditya Mattoo, and Sebastián Sáez, editors. Healthy partnerships :how governments can engage the private sector to improve health in Africa Extreme heritage management : the practices and policies of densely populated islands / edited by Godfrey Baldacchino. Understanding economic

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