Politics in the Developing World
2nd Edition
Published on 29. November 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
592 pages
978-0-19-929608-8 (ISBN)
Description
This textbook deals with the central political themes and issues in the developing world, such as globalization, inequality, and democracy. Leading experts in the field provide up-to-date and systematic coverage. The book is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre. Student resources: Three additional case studies, including one on China Web links from the book Flashcard glossary
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
boxes, tables, figures and maps
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
1254 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-929608-8 (9780199296088)
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Politics in the Developing World
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Vicky Randall
Politics in the Developing World
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Content
Introduction; PART 1: APPROACHES AND GLOBAL CONTEXT; 1. Analytical approaches to the study of politics in the developing world; 2. Colonialism and post-colonial development; 3. The developing world in the global economy; 4. The developing world in international politics; PART 2: SOCIETY AND STATE; 5. Inequality; 6. Ethnopolitics and nationalism; 7. Religion; 8. Women and gender; 9. Civil society; 10. 'People power' and 'alternative' politics; PART 3: STATE AND SOCIETY; 11. Theorizing the state; 12. State-building; 13. State collapse, civil conflict, and external intervention; 14. Democratization; PART 4: POLICY ISSUES; 15. Development; 16. Governance and conditionality in a globalizing world; 17. Environment; 18. Human rights; 19. Security; PART 5: CASE STUDIES: EXPERIENCES COMPARED; 20. Disintegration or nation-building?; Indonesia: coping with fragmentation; South Africa: from divided society to new nation; 21. Civil society: active or passive?; India: associational life and its discontents; Saudi Arabia: between tradition and modernity; 22. Military in politics versus democratic advance; Pakistan: the military as political fixture; Nigeria: building political stability with democracy; Mexico: democratic transition and beyond; 23. Underdevelopment and development; Guatemala: enduring underdevelopment; South Korea: from development to new challenges