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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- 1. 'Development' and 'politics' in developing-country contexts -- Politics -- Development -- Universalism or competing values? -- Post-colonial experiences -- The political economy of development -- Nation and citizenship -- The state -- Conclusion -- This book -- Notes -- 2. Colonialism and its legacies -- Orientalism and colonialism -- The case of the DRC -- What is a 'nation'? -- Civic opportunity -- Civic failure -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 3. Ethnicity and nation-building -- Introduction -- The Westphalian state -- Language -- Nation-building -- Separatism -- Kurdistan -- A failed success: South Sudan -- Rohingyas -- Conclusion -- Note -- 4. Authority and democracy -- Legitimacy -- State institutions -- The state and democratisation -- Democracy defined -- Some theoretical considerations -- Procedural and substantive democracy -- Conclusion -- Note -- 5. Poverty and the political economy of development -- The political economy of development -- Greater riches, greater gap -- Developmentalism -- Measuring economic inequality -- The Great Recession/Global Financial Crisis -- Elite formation -- State capture -- The relationship between poverty and corruption -- Conclusion -- 6. Aid, influence and development -- The purpose of aid -- Types of aid -- Problems with ODA -- Absorptive capacity -- Aid and corruption -- Aid dependency -- 'Soft power' and influence in aid -- Bilateralism and its vagaries -- Multilateralism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 7. Economic structuring and trade relations -- Types of economy -- Resources curse -- Dependency and its critics -- Unsustainable debt -- Trade blocs -- Free-trade dispute in Central America -- Africa rising? -- A maritime boundary dispute

Chapter 1. Energy and Environment Efficiencies Towards Contributing to Global Sustainability -- Chapter 2. A Concise Overview of Energy Development within Sustainability Requirements -- Chapter 3. Aligning Smart City Indicators for Sustainability Outreach: A Case Study -- Chapter 4. Optimal Merging of Transportation System Using Renewable Energy-based Supply for Sustainable Development -- Chapter 5. Smart and Sustainable Township: An Overview -- Chapter 6. An Empirical Analysis of Sustainability Indicators in An Administrative Complex Design from Urban Planning Perspective -- Chapter 7. Distributed Generation Model for Achieving Environmental Scenario: Loss Reduction and Efficiency Improvement -- Chapter 8. Solar Energy Market and Policy Instrument Analysis to Support Sustainable Development -- Chapter 9. Sustaining the Public Transport Network by Adaptation from Monocentric to Polycentric Structure -- Chapter 10. Sustainable Transportation and Mobility System in Kabul City -- Chapter 11. From Consumers to Producers: Energy Efficiency as a Tool for Sustainable Development in the context of Informal Settlements -- Chapter 12. Efficient Use of Energy and Its Impacts on Residential Sector: A Step Towards Sustainable Building. .