Politics in the developing world

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Politics in the developing world

edited by Peter Burnell and Vicky Randall

Oxford University Press, 2008

2nd ed

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [529]-541) and index

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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

Table of Contents

  • 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

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