Rethinking Third World politics

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Rethinking Third World politics

edited by James Manor

Longman, 1991

  • : pbk

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Papers presented at a conference held in Berlin, mid-1989, sponsored by the German Foundation for International Development

Includes bibliographical references and index

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: pbk ISBN 9780582074583

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Providing a thorough reassessment of our understanding of politics in Third World societies, this book contains some of the liveliest and most original analyses to have been published in recent years. The severity of the political and economic crisis throughout Africa, Asia and Latin America in the 1980s has highlighted the inadequacy of existing political science theories and the urgent need to provide new paradigms for the 1990s.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction. Part 1: Conceptualising Third World Politics
  • 1. The Three-dimensional State. 2. `Waiting for a Text?': Comparing Third World Politics. 3. Finishing with the Idea of the Third World: The Concept of the Political Trajectory. 4. On State, Society and Discourse In India. 5. Political Democratisation in Latin America and the Crisis of Paradigms. Part 2:: The Theatrical and Imaginary Dimensions in Politics
  • 6. Political Institutions, Discourse and Imagination in China at Tiananmen. 7. The Show of State in a Neo-Colonial Twilight: Francophone Africa. 8. Power and Obscenity in the Post-colonial Period: The Case of Cameroon. Part 3: Political Institutions and State-Society Relations
  • 9. The Historical Trajectories of the Ivorian and Kenyan States. 10. State, Society and Political Institutions in Cote d' Ivoire and Ghana. 11. State. Society and Political Institutions in Revolutionary Ethiopia. 12. Successful Economic Development and Political Change in Taiwan and South Korea. Index.
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ISBN 9780582074590

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"Rethinking World Politics" provides a reassessment of our understanding of politics in Third World societies. The severity of the political and economic crisis throughout Africa, Asia and Latin America in the 1980's has highlighted the inadequacies of existing political science theories. This book aims to redress this by setting a new agenda for the 1990s. In particular it examines the shortcomings of the two schools of thought that have dominated the field over the last 25 years - the "political development school" and the "dependency" school. It includes 12 specially commissioned essays written by a team of leading international political scientists from both the developed and developing worlds. It also examines previously neglected areas such as the role of the theatre and magic in addition to re-examining relationships between the state, society and its political institutions. It is aimed at students and lecturers in Third World politics, development studies, comparative politics and political sociology.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Conceptualizing Third World politics: the three-dimensional state, Chai-Anan Samudavanija
  • "Waiting For A Text" - comparing Third World Politics, Geoffrey Hawthorn
  • finishing with the idea of the Third World - the concept of political trajectory, Jean-Francois Bayart
  • on state, society and discourse in India, Sudipt Kaviraj
  • towards an analysis of the democratization process - the Chilean case, Manuel Antonio Garreton M. Part 2 The theatrical and imaginary dimensions of politics: political institutions, discourse and imagination in China at Tiananmen, Rudolph Wagner
  • the show of state in a neocolonial twilight - Francophone Africa, Donal B. Cruise O'Brien
  • power and obscenity in the postcolonial era - the case of Cameroon, Achille Mbembe. Part 3 Political institutions and state-society relations: the historical trajectories of the Ivorian and Kenyan states, Jean-Francois Medard
  • state, society and political insitutions in Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana, Richard Crook
  • state, society and political institutions in revolutionary Ethiopia, Christopher Clapham
  • successful economic development and political change in Taiwan and South Korea, Eberhard Sandschneider.

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