Social science / Developing Countries

The Development of International Refugee Protection through the Practice of the UN Security Council

by Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement

This paper examines the ambivalent influence of the UN Security Council’s practice on the development of international refugee protection since the early 1990s. While the international refugee protection regime...

Malaysia's Development Challenges

by Hal Hill, Tham Siew Yean & Ragayah Haji Mat Zin

This book examines the various economic, political and developmental policy challenges that Malaysia faces in her shift from a middle income to high-income economy. This issue is of great interest to academics,...

Development, Modernism and Modernity in Africa

by Augustine Agwuele

This anthology examines the "unfinished project of modernity" with respect to the unrealized potential for economic, social, and political development in Africa. It also shows how, facing the consequences of...

The Evolving Patterns of Lebanese Politics in Post-Syria Lebanon

by Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement

This work aims to shed light on the evolution of the Lebanese political arena after the withdrawal of Syrian troops in April 2005 by analyzing the perceptions of Hizballah among members of the Free Patriotic...

The Functional Beginning of Belligerent Occupation

by Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement

Since the mid-19th century military powers and various writers have tried to define the notion of belligerent occupation and, in particular, the beginning thereof. There are many situations in which a state...

1 | 2010 - Dossier | Afrique : 50 ans d’indépendance — Revue | Évolutions des politiques de développement - PolDev

by Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement

The Series comprises two distinct parts: Thematic Dossier | Africa: 50 years of independence While we celebrate the 50th anniversary of independence, authors of different origins offer their analyses of decolonisation....

2 | 2011 - Dossier | Energie et développement - Revue | Évolutions des politiques de développement - PolDev

by Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement

Energy constitutes one of the major challenges for development policy. The pursuit of a development path primarily feeding on abundant, cheap fossil fuels is at odds with diminishing reserves, rising prices...

India: A Portrait

by Patrick French

A monumental biography of the subcontinent from the award-winning author of The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul.

Second only to China in the magnitude of its economic miracle and...