Academic Resources

This curated collection highlights seminal and emerging scholarship shaping the understanding of global justice and development. These resources offer theoretical foundations, critical analyses, and practical insights for scholars and practitioners.

• Sen, Amartya. (1999). Development as Freedom. Oxford University Press.
  Reconceptualizes development as the expansion of human freedoms, introducing the capabilities approach.
• Pogge, Thomas. (2008). World Poverty and Human Rights. Polity Press.
  Argues global poverty violates negative duties of wealthy nations, analyzing harmful global institutional arrangements.
• Nussbaum, Martha. (2011). Creating Capabilities: The Human Development Approach. Harvard University Press.
  Develops the capabilities approach, identifying core human capabilities for global justice.
• Fraser, Nancy. (2009). Scales of Justice: Reimagining Political Space in a Globalizing World. Columbia University Press.
  Examines justice across redistribution, recognition, and representation in a globalized context.

• Mignolo, Walter D. (2011). The Darker Side of Western Modernity: Global Futures, Decolonial Options. Duke University Press.
  Analyzes persistent coloniality in global relationships, proposing decolonial alternatives.
• Santos, Boaventura de Sousa. (2014). Epistemologies of the South: Justice Against Epistemicide. Paradigm Publishers.
  Proposes an “ecology of knowledges” to recognize diverse epistemologies suppressed by Western systems.
• Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Sabelo J. (2018). Epistemic Freedom in Africa: Deprovincialization and Decolonization. Routledge.
  Argues for epistemic freedom as essential for African political and economic liberation.
• Mohanty, Chandra Talpade. (2003). Feminism Without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity. Duke University Press.
  Develops a transnational feminist approach, critiquing Western feminist representations.
• Escobar, Arturo. (2011). Encountering Development: The Making and Unmaking of the Third World. Princeton University Press.
  Critiques development discourse and explores alternatives from Global South social movements.

• Forst, Rainer. (2014). Justification and Critique: Towards a Critical Theory of Politics. Polity Press.
  Develops a transnational justice theory centered on the right to justification.
• Ypi, Lea. (2012). Global Justice and Avant-Garde Political Agency. Oxford University Press.
  Bridges ideal and non-ideal theory through transformative political movements.
• Cabrera, Luis. (2010). The Practice of Global Citizenship. Cambridge University Press.
  Examines practices of global citizenship challenging state-centric frameworks.
• Valentini, Laura. (2012). Justice in a Globalized World: A Normative Framework. Oxford University Press.
  Navigates statist and cosmopolitan approaches to global justice.
• Khader, Serene J. (2019). Decolonizing Universalism: A Transnational Feminist Ethic. Oxford University Press.
  Proposes a decolonizing universalism for women’s liberation.

• Ferguson, James. (1994). The Anti-Politics Machine: “Development,” Depoliticization, and Bureaucratic Power in Lesotho. University of Minnesota Press.
  Analyzes how development depoliticizes issues, expanding bureaucratic power.
• Li, Tania Murray. (2007). The Will to Improve: Governmentality, Development, and the Practice of Politics. Duke University Press.
  Examines development as governmentality reshaping social relations.
• Kothari, Ashish, et al. (Eds.). (2019). Pluriverse: A Post-Development Dictionary. Columbia University Press.
  Presents diverse alternatives to mainstream development.
• Gibson-Graham, J.K., Cameron, Jenny, & Healy, Stephen. (2013). Take Back the Economy: An Ethical Guide for Transforming Our Communities. University of Minnesota Press.
  Highlights equitable economic practices challenging capitalist hegemony.
• Rahnema, Majid, & Bawtree, Victoria (Eds.). (1997). The Post-Development Reader. Zed Books.
  Critiques development as Eurocentric, exploring cultural alternatives.

• Nixon, Rob. (2011). Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor. Harvard University Press.
  Analyzes “slow violence” of environmental harm on marginalized communities.
• Shiva, Vandana. (2016). Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace. North Atlantic Books.
  Connects ecological sustainability with democratic governance.
• Salleh, Ariel. (2017). Ecofeminism as Politics: Nature, Marx, and the Postmodern. Zed Books.
  Links women’s labor exploitation with environmental degradation.
• Whyte, Kyle Powys. (2017). “Indigenous Climate Change Studies: Indigenizing Futures, Decolonizing the Anthropocene.” English Language Notes, 55(1-2), 153-162.
  Examines climate justice from Indigenous perspectives.
• Martinez-Alier, Joan. (2002). The Environmentalism of the Poor: A Study of Ecological Conflicts and Valuation. Edward Elgar Publishing.
  Analyzes environmental conflicts through political ecology.

Books:

• Pogge, Thomas. World Poverty and Human Rights
• Sen, Amartya. Development as Freedom
• Nussbaum, Martha. Creating Capabilities
• Young, Iris Marion. Responsibility for Justice

Books:

• Fanon, Frantz. The Wretched of the Earth
• Mignolo, Walter. The Darker Side of Western Modernity
• Thiong’o, Ngũgĩ wa. Decolonising the Mind
• Mbembe, Achille. Critique of Black Reason

Articles:

• Quijano, Aníbal. “Coloniality of Power, Eurocentrism, and Latin America”
• Mignolo, Walter. “Epistemic Disobedience, Independent Thought and De-Colonial Freedom”

Books:

• Nixon, Rob. Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor
• Shiva, Vandana. Earth Democracy
• Agyeman, Julian. Just Sustainabilities

Articles:

• Cullors, Patrisse. “The Climate Crisis is a Racist Crisis”

Books:

• Kendi, Ibram X. How to Be an Antiracist
• hooks, bell. Killing Rage: Ending Racism
• Baldwin, James. The Fire Next Time

Articles:

• Coates, Ta-Nehisi. “The Case for Reparations”

Journal	Focus Areas
Journal of Global Ethics	Ethical dimensions of global issues, development ethics
Third World Quarterly	Critical perspectives on development and Global South politics
Development and Change	Interdisciplinary research on development processes
Globalizations	Multidimensional aspects of globalization
Feminist Economics	Economic issues from feminist perspectives
World Development	Development processes, policies, and outcomes
Journal of Human Development and Capabilities	Capabilities approach research

• Center for Global Development (Washington, DC & London) – www.cgdev.org
  Focuses on how wealthy countries’ policies affect the Global South.
• DAWN (Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era) – dawnnet.org
  Feminist analyses from Global South perspectives.
• Transnational Institute (Amsterdam) – www.tni.org
  Connects social movements with critical research.
• South Centre (Geneva) – www.southcentre.int
  Supports Global South interests in international policy.
• Global Justice Program, Yale University – globaljustice.yale.edu
  Interdisciplinary research on poverty and institutional reform.

• World Inequality Database – wid.world
  Data on income and wealth inequality.
• JSTOR Global Plants – plants.jstor.org
  Digital library for biodiversity research.
• World Bank Open Data – data.worldbank.org
  Development indicators and datasets.
• UN Human Development Data fabbr> – hdr.undp.org/data-center
  Human development indicators.
• Global South Academic Database – globalsouthacademics.org
  Directory of Global South scholars.

• Open Access Repositories: DOAJ (www.doaj.org), SciELO (www.scielo.org), Research4Life (www.research4life.org).
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