Tony W Barnett

Obesity and Diabetes (Practical Diabetes)

Type 2 diabetes, associated with obesity, is today the most common form of diabetes. It is also associated with a number of other cardiovascular risk factors which constitute the metabolic syndrome. Effective management of ‘diabesity’ is crucial to the reduction of morbidity and premature morbidity ...

Beyond the Sociology of Development: Economy and Society in Latin America and Africa

Conceived as a response to the economic naïvety and implicit metropolitan bias of many 1950s and 60s studies of ‘the sociology of development’ , this volume, first published in 1975, provides actual field studies and theoretical reviews to indicate the directions which a conceptually more adequate s...

Beyond the Sociology of Development: Economy and Society in Latin America and Africa

Conceived as a response to the economic naïvety and implicit metropolitan bias of many 1950s and 60s studies of ‘the sociology of development’ , this volume, first published in 1975, provides actual field studies and theoretical reviews to indicate the directions which a conceptually more adequate s...

Obesity and Diabetes (Practical Diabetes)

Obesity has become the most common chronic disease of the present day, with significant increases in prevalence in populations across the world and all age groups. This has resulted in a dramatic increase in obesity-related metabolic and cardiovascular complications, making it an important public he...

AIDS in the Twenty-First Century: Disease and Globalization Fully Revised and Updated Edition

This book, first published in 2002 to widespread acclaim, is fully revised and updated to take account of the latest facts and developments in the field. Carefully written to be accessible, this book is theoretically informed, practical and remains the leading text in its field.

Sociology and Development

First Published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Sudan: State, Capital and Transformation (Routledge Library Editions Sudan)

By the mid-1980s, Sudan’s economy, society and political framework were on the point of disintegration. Civil war was exacerbating the effects of an already major famine. An unpopular government was resorting to ever more extreme measures in order to remain in power. The imposition of a particularly...

Sociology and Development

Obesity and Diabetes

Obesity and Diabetes

Obesity and Diabetes

Sudan : State, Capital and Transformation

Beyond the Sociology of Development: Economy and Society in Latin America and Africa

Beyond the Sociology of Development: Economy and Society in Latin America and Africa

Gezira Scheme: An Illusion of Development