Very little is known about the realities of how different people understand themselves as
citizens, and the ways in which this impacts on the different dimensions of their lives …

There has been a renewed interest in impact evaluation and measuring results in recent
years amongst development agencies and donors. This paper reviews the case for …

Poverty remains one of the most urgent issues of our time. In this fully updated edition of her
important and widely acclaimed intervention on the topic, Ruth Lister introduces readers to …

Health systems are inherently relational and so many of the most critical challenges for
health systems are relationship and behaviour problems. Yet the disciplinary perspectives …

The way in which human society uses water is continuously evolving. The present
challenges related to clean water availability require the development of sustainable …

Poverty studies frequently fail to address the underlying processes that produce and
reproduce poverty over time, preferring instead a descriptive focus on its correlates and …

Around the world, a growing crisis of legitimacy characterises the relationship between
citizens and the institutions that affect their lives. In both North and South, citizens speak of …

For many, Johannesburg resembles the imagined spectre of the urban future. Global
anxieties about catastrophic urban explosion, social fracture, environmental degradation …

This study has been conducted to identify vulnerabilities and effects of climate change on
women in 12 unions in Shyamnagar upazila in the Satkhira district in the Southwestern …

Social exclusion is one of the most pressing challenges in post-industrial societies,
encompassing economic, social, cultural and political dimensions. This important new book …