Development Studies – January and February 2014

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|March 12, 2014|Development Studies|0 comments

Alternatives to neoliberal globalization : studies in the political economy of institutions and late development by Dic Lo. The global challenge of encouraging sustainable living : opportunities, barriers, policy and practice / edited by Shane Fudge, Michael A. Peters, Steven M. Hoffman, Walter Wehrmeyer. The domestic politics of foreign aid / Erik Lundsgaarde. The future is not what it used to be : climate change and energy scarcity / Jörg

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Development Studies – May 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|May 31, 2013|Development Studies|0 comments

Assessing the potential for poverty reduction through investments in agricultural water management : a methodology for country level analysis / developed by Guido Santini, Livia Peiser, Jean-Marc Faurès. Development through bricolage : rethinking institutions for natural resource management / Frances Cleaver. Land and post-conflict peacebuilding / edited by Jon Unruh and Rhodri Williams. Low carbon development : key issues / edited by Frauke Urban and Johan Nordensvärd. Communities of complicity

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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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Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica – October 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|November 5, 2012|Ancient Near East, Semitics and Judaica|0 comments

Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations The arrows of the sun: armed forces in Sippar in the first millennium BC / by John MacGinnnis ; with copies of the cuneiform texts by Cornelia Wunsch New inscriptions and seals relating to the Biblical world / by Meir Lubetski Ancient Aramaic documents from Bactria / edited by Joseph Naveh and Shaul Shaked  Jewish Studies Shoshannat Yaaqov : Jewish and Iranian studies in honor of

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History – October 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|November 2, 2012|History|0 comments

E-books Egypt in the reign of Muhammad Ali / Afaf Lutfi al-Sayyid Marsot [Available from Cambridge Books Online]. Wars of imperial conquest in Africa, 1830-1914 / Bruce Vandervort [Available from ebrary] South Africa: a modern history / T.R.H. Davenport and Christopher Saunders; foreword by Desmond Tutu (5th edition) [Available from Dawsonera] Books Representing Israel in modern Egypt: ideas, intellectuals and foreign policy from Nasser to Mubarak / Ewan Stein In

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Korea – July 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 6, 2012|Korea|0 comments

Divided nations and transitional justice : what Germany, Japan and South Korea can teach the world / edited by Sang Jin-Han : with contributions from Kim Dae-jung and Richard von Weizsäcker Social forces and states : poverty and distributional outcomes in South Korea, Chile, and Mexico Political systems of East Asia : China, Korea, and Japan / Louis D. Hayes Trilateralism and beyond : great power politics and the Korean

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New Publications from JICA Research Institute

By Farzana Whitfield|July 27, 2012|Development Studies|0 comments

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has released some new publications: Working Paper No. 46 ‘Regional Integration in East Africa Diversity or Economic Conformity” Books: Ryo Fujita and Tomoyo Toyota ed. (2012) Climate Change Mitigation and International Development Cooperation Yutaka Hongo and Akio Hosono (2012) A Miracle of the Cerrado , the Barren Land in Brazil For further information on this and other publications please click on the following link: http://jica-ri.jica.go.jp/