Books in the ThirdWorlds series

A collection of essays from an international group of scholars which explores the interactions between cultures originating in Africa, India, the Caribbean, and Europe.

This book is the first collection devoted to a regional exploration of issues of well-being and shows how visions, spaces, and cosmologies of well-being influence an analysis of Central Asia and informs an understanding of everyday life. It was published as a special issue of Central Asian Survey.

Through a combination of theoretical works and a series of case studies, the volume highlights the cutting edge of international labour studies. This book was published as a special issue of Third World Quarterly.

Intends to re-energise the paradigm of the New International Labour Studies by detailing how struggles over the construction, reproduction, utilisation and restructuring of labour forces are the contested social foundations upon which the global economy stands.

Analyzes to what extent the US policy of democratizing the Middle East with pre-emptive invasions was justified or effective.

This book takes a new approach to the August 2008 Russo-Georgian war, looking at the longue duree of Russian-Georgian relations as well as the domestic factors that, since independence and the Rose Revolution of 2003, provided the context for war. This book was published as a special issue in Central Asian Survey.

The violent events in Kyrgyzstan in March 2005 gained the name 'Tulip Revolution'. This book brings together domestic and international perspectives to determine what happened - and with what implications. This book was published as a special issue of Central Asian Survey.

Migration is becoming one of the key globe governance issues today. Migration represents the interface between the Third World and the First. We need to understand better the complexity of global migration trends and their social and political implications. This book was published as a special issue of Third World Quarterly.

Presenting feminist perspectives on politics of rights, this title explores the strategies, tensions and challenges associated with 'rights work' in a variety of settings.

Explores the strategies, tensions and challenges associated with 'rights work' in a variety of settings. This book explores the dilemmas that arise for feminist praxis in diverse locations, and address the question of what rights can contribute to struggles for gender justice. It explores the intersection of formal rights.

From environmental concerns, through vigilante citizenship, to the legacies of armed conflicts during and after decolonization, this title intends to reconstruct the contradictory history of development and critically engage contemporary responses and their implications for social and political analyses.

Beyond the Gatekeeper State explores the dynamic changes occurring within and between African states, and the international system since the turn of the century.

Addresses issues of formalisation of property rights, gendered land rights, and neoliberal enclosure. This book demonstrates the pervasive influence of neoliberal ideas on property rights and rural development debates, well beyond the 'core' question of land redistribution. It presents the limitations of the market-led approach.