
Political Change and Underdevelopment
A Critical Introduction to Third World Politics
Red Globe Press
2nd Edition
Published on 26. August 1998
Book
Hardback
IX, 294 pages
978-0-333-69802-0 (ISBN)
Description
This clearly-written and comprehensive introductory text provides a critical review of the principal theoretical approaches to the study of Third World politics in the second half of the twentieth century. Arguments are illustrated by examples drawn from a wide and diverse range of regions and countries. All chapters have been extensively amended and updated for this substantially revised edition to include such developments as the debt crisis and democratisation, and a new chapter has been added on the impact of globalisation on the postcolonial world.
Reviews / Votes
'This second edition of Political Change and Underdevelopment is certainly an important contribution to the understanding of the continuities and changes existing between classical and novel theoretical debates on Third World politics.' - Patricio Silva, The European Journal of Development Research 'This work, in its detailed appraisal of complex concepts and analytical literature, provides a textured understanding of the stengths and weaknesses of development theory.' - Heather Deegan, Commonwealth & Comparative Politics 'The book provides a lucid and critical overview of the development of theories of development, from the crudely teleological modernisation theories of the 1950s, to more recent post-colonial democratisation and globalisation approaches, many of which problematise the very notion of a third world.' - Susan Carruthers, Times Higher Education SupplementMore details
Edition
2nd ed. 1998
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
521 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-69802-0 (9780333698020)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

Vicky Randall | Robin Theobald
Political Change and Underdevelopment
A Critical Introduction to Third World Politics
Book
08/1998
2nd Edition
Red Globe Press
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Previous edition

Vicky Randall | Robin Theobald
Political Change and Underdevelopment
Critical Introduction to Third World Politics
Book
09/1985
Palgrave Macmillan
€30.95
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Persons
VICKY RANDALL is Reader in Government, University of Essex
ROBIN THEOBALD is Principal Lecturer in Sociology, University of Westminster and Visiting Lecturer, City University, London
ROBIN THEOBALD is Principal Lecturer in Sociology, University of Westminster and Visiting Lecturer, City University, London
Content
Introduction.- Towards a Politics of Modernisation and Development.- Modernisation Revisionism.- The Emergence of a Politics of Order.- Dependency Theory and the Study of Politics.- The State and Civil Society.- Globalisation and the Study of Political Change.- Bibliography.- Index.