The New Third World
Second Edition
1st Edition
Published on 2. April 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-8133-2251-3 (ISBN)
Description
This engaging and accessible text provides an excellent interdisciplinary exploration of the meanings, measures, patterns, and problems associated with the concept of the Third World. Fully revised and updated, it provides geographical, political and economic perspectives on issues of development through a series of thematic and region-specific chapters. }This engaging and accessible text provides an excellent interdisciplinary exploration of the meanings, measures, patterns, and problems associated with the concept of the Third World. Fully revised and updated, it provides geographical, political and economic perspectives on issues of development through a series of thematic and region-specific chapters. }
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8133-2251-3 (9780813322513)
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04/1998
1st Edition
Westview Press Inc
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Previous edition
Book
08/1988
Routledge
€52.23
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Content
Preface; (Jim Norwine. ); Introduction; (Alfonso Gonzalez. ); Thematic and Systematic Patterns; The Third World: Definitions and New Perspectives on Development; (Srinivas R. Melkote and Allen H. Merriam. ); Indexes and Trends in Socioeconomic Development; (A. Gonzalez. ); Coming out of the Country: Population Growth, Migration, and Urbanization; (Gary S. Elbow. ); Health: One World or Two?; (R. Warwick Armstrong and Jerome D. Fellmann. ); Gender Bias in Development; (Janet Henshall Momsen. ); Worlds Within Worlds: The Separate Reality of Indigenous Peoples Today; (Brian Goehring. ); The Global Spread of the Democratic Revolution; (Thomas D. Anderson. ); Third World Regions; The Caribbean Basin: Cultural and Political Diversity Overview; (T. D. Anderson. ); South America: Continent of Contrasts; (A. Gonzalez. ); The Arab World: Advance amid Diversity; (Raja Kamal and Souheil Moukaddem. ); South Asia: A Region of Conflicts and Contradictions; (Bheru Sukhwal. ); East and Southeast Asia: Perspectives on Growth and Change; (Stephen S. Chang. ); Sub-Saharan Africa: Problems, Progress, and Potentials; (Harold A. Fisher. ); Newly Industrializing Countries: A Discussion of Terms; (S. S. Chang and Joseph G. Spinelli. ); Is There Room for the Third World?; (Joel Lieske.)