Rethinking the Third World : international development and world politics

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Rethinking the Third World : international development and world politics

Mark T. Berger and Heloise Weber

(Rethinking world politics / general editor, Michael Cox)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-182) and index

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Description

A systematic reassessment, by two leading figures in the field, of the paradigm of international development in both theory and practice. It offers an overview and critique of development theory and strategy, and a new framework for the analysis of global inequality, poverty and development in an era of globalization.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: International Development, World Politics and Global Modernity 2. Global Modernity and International Development: The Origins of the Third World 3. Third World Rising: Decolonization, the Cold War and Third Worldism 4. The Golden Age of Third Worldism: International Development, the Cold War and the Contradictions of Global Modernity 5. Third Worldism in Decline: International Development, the End of the Cold War and the Crisis of Global Modernity 6. The Resurrection of Nation-Building and Modernization: Security and International Development in the Third World after the Cold War 7. A New Agenda for Negotiating Global Modernity: A Regional Development-Security Framework After Third Worldism 8. Conclusion: Rethinking the Third World.

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