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The handbook seeks to illuminate the key concepts in the study of development-environment by showcasing some of the Majoritarian (formerly "Developing") world¿s scholars in order to explore theoretical connections through critical/radical theory, ¿small¿ theory, various conceptual frameworks, and non-western and subaltern viewpoints.

Featuring chapters from an international range of leading and emerging scholars, this Handbook provides a collection of cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research that sheds new light on contemporary futures studies.

The Routledge Handbook on American Prisons is an authoritative volume that provides an overview of the state of U.S. prisons and synthesizes the research on the many facets of the prison system.

The handbook discusses smart technologies, covering a broad range of technological trends such as artificial intelligence, advanced robotics and cyber-physical systems to shed light on the associated potentials and challenges for the economy and society from the perspective of social, economic, natural and political sciences.

This handbook provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary survey of contemporary research related to the Horn of Africa. Accessibly written, it is an essential read for scholars, students and policy professionals interested in the contemporary politics in the Horn of Africa.

This handbook provides comprehensive and critical coverage of the dynamic and complex relationship between democracy and sustainability in contemporary theory, discourse, and practice. Scholars look at the present state of this relationship, asking how it has evolved and where it is likely to go in the future.

The Routledge International Handbook of Diaspora Diplomacy is a multidisciplinary collection of writings by leading scholars and practitioners from around the world, reflecting on the geopolitical and technological shifts that have led to the global emergence of the current form of diplomacy.

This handbook fills a significant gap in the European studies literature by providing crucial and groundbreaking coverage of several key areas that are usually neglected or excluded in European integration collections.

This handbook represents the standard reference text and practical resource for everybody who analyses issues as local electoral systems, voting behavior or political representation in Europe.

Higher education has come under increasing public scrutiny, assailed with demands for greater efficiency, accountability, cost-reduction and job training. This updated second edition employs sociological approaches to address these concerns and adds new chapters to explore the transformations wrought by neoliberal reforms.

Higher education has come under increasing public scrutiny, assailed with demands for greater efficiency, accountability, cost-reduction and job training. This updated second edition employs sociological approaches to address these concerns and adds new chapters to explore the transformations wrought by neoliberal reforms.

Routledge Handbook of Public Criminologies outlines the foundations of and developments in public criminology, underscoring the need to not only understand earlier ideas and debates, but also how scholars pursue public-facing work through a range of different approaches.

Featuring 60 contributions from leading academics and practitioners, this Handbook provides a comprehensive analysis of some of the world's most pressing global development challenges - including how they may be better understood and addressed through innovative practices and approaches to learning and teaching.

The aim of the Handbook is to strike a balance between theory and practice, which we see as inseparable, while also seeking to achieve a geographical spread, disciplinary diversity and perspectives, and a mix of authors from academic, practitioner, management, and community backgrounds.

This pioneering handbook proposes an approach to pluralism that is relational, principled, and non-relativistic, going beyond banal calls for mere "tolerance".

This handbook argues that the study of Islam from an African context is integral to the broader Muslim world. An important and timely contribution to a subject that is often diffusely studied, and will be of interest to researchers across religious studies, African studies, politics, and sociology.

The Routledge Handbook of British Politics and Society conducts a rigorous, innovative and distinctive analysis of the relationship between British politics and society, emphasizing that the UK is now far from a monolithic, and unshifting, entity.

This handbook provides an authoritative and foundational disciplinary overview of African Public Policy and a comprehensive examination of the practicalities of policy analysis, policymaking processes, implementation and administration in Africa today.

The Routledge Handbook of Differentiation in the European Union offers an essential collection of ground-breaking chapters reflecting on the causes and consequences of this complex phenomenon.

This comprehensive Handbook provides an authoritative overview of key theoretical and policy areas, covering topics like econometric methods for education economics, returns to education, competition in education provision, education and economic growth, and education and inequality.

This handbook offers a unique critical, and cross-disciplinary approach to the study of community psychology, showing how it can address the systemic challenges arising from multiple crises facing people across the world.

This book brings together leading scholars to `de-Westernize¿ the academic debate on media accountability. Offering reports on the state of media regulation in over thirty countries worldwide, it provides a theoretically informed and comparative analysis of different models of media self-regulation and newsroom transparency around the globe.

This is the first book to explore the full significance of sport fans and fandom from an international and interdisciplinary perspective, across different sports, communities and levels of engagement. It gives a comprehensive overview of the undeniable economic and cultural influence of sport industries for which fans are the driving force.

This handbook offers a unique decolonial take on the field of Critical Whiteness Studies by re-historicising and re-spatialising the study of bodies and identities in the world system of coloniality.

The Routledge Handbook of Financial Literacy provides a comprehensive reference work that addresses both research perspectives and practical applications to financial education. This is the first volume to summarize the milestones of research in financial literacy from multiple perspectives to offer a big picture overview.