Rupert Hodder Books

Focusing on critical thought, this introductory text explores development geography through diverse case studies and illustrations. It challenges the simplistic divide between 'developed' and 'developing' regions, emphasizing the complexities of development issues. The book presents various problems and potential solutions across local, national, and international contexts, encouraging readers to engage in meaningful discussions about development challenges and strategies.

Exploring social relationships in the West and Asia, the book delves into the Philippines, highlighting how these connections intertwine with material progress, business, and politics. It examines differing cultural attitudes and their implications on societal dynamics, offering insights into how economic factors shape interpersonal relationships in these regions.

Exploring the impact of small businesses on social relationships, this book delves into the implications for both developing and developed societies. It presents a thought-provoking discussion on how development is intertwined with social dynamics and emphasizes the need for growth strategies that counteract market pitfalls. The text advocates for a more accepting and experimental approach to development practice, while also suggesting that these concepts could reshape social science through an 'economy of ontology.'

This book questions the belief that patronage explains poor governance and weak organizations. Its focus is on high-level political appointees in the Philippines, but its implications for development processes and policy are far-reaching. Patronage stimulates the emergence of democracy and welfare, and constitutes formal organizations. So intimately connected is it with the health of democracy and effective organizations that attempts to eradicate patronage only harm social, organizational and democratic life. In developed societies this has meant a growing Puritanism interspersed with bouts of corruption and moral panic; and, as they seek to maintain effective organizations and vibrant democracies, a mounting desire to project their own anxieties and imperfections onto developing countries.