"This book explains how South Korea has uniquely transformed itself from a developing to a developed country by combining economic analysis with historical perspective. The book shows that the path has been a tortuous one, involving earlier failure in history and recurring crises after the high...

"Development as a Battlefield" is an innovative exploration of the multidimensional meanings of - and interactions between - conflict and development. The two phenomena are all too often regarded as ostensibly antagonistic. This was exemplified again in the context of the Arab Spring that...