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Politics in the developing world

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  • Contributor: Burnell, Peter J.; Randall, Vicky; Rakner, Lise
    Edition: 2nd ed.
    Date:
    Created
    2008
    Summary:

    This textbook deals with central political themes and issues in the developing world, including globalization, inequality, identity, religion, the military, democracy, the environment and policy development.

    Contents:
    • Approaches and global context
    • Analytical approaches to the study of politics in the developing world / Vicky Randall
    • Colonialism and post-colonial development / James Chiriyankandath
    • The developing world in the global economy / Stephen Hobden
    • The developing world in international politics / Stephen Hobden
    • Society and state
    • Inequality / Jenny Pearce
    • Ethnopolitics and nationalism / James R. Scarritt
    • Religion / Jeff Haynes
    • Women and gender / Kathleen Staudt
    • Civil society / Marina Ottaway
    • People power and alternative politics / Kurt Schock
    • State and society
    • Theorizing the state / Adrian Leftwich
    • State-building / Brian Smith
    • State collapse, civil conflict, and external intervention / Martin Doornbos
    • Democratization / Peter Burnell
    • Governance and conditionality in a globalizing world / Peter Burnell
    • Policy issues
    • Development / Tony Addison
    • Environment / Peter Newell
    • Human rights / Michael Freeman
    • Security / Nicole Jackson
    • Case studies: experiences compared
    • Disintegration or nation-building?
    • (a) Indonesia : copying with fragmentation / Edward Aspinall
    • (b) South Africa : from divided society to new nation / Robert A. Schrire
    • Civil society : active or passive?
    • (a) India : associational life and its discontents / Rob Jenkins
    • (b) Saudi Arabia : between tradition and modernity / David Pool, Peter Burnell, Vicky Randall
    • Military in politics versus democratic advance
    • (a) Pakistan : the military as a political fixture / David Taylor
    • (b) Nigeria : building political stability with democracy / Stephen Wright
    • (c) Mexico : democratic transition and beyond / Andreas Schedler
    • Underdevelopment and development
    • (a) Guatemala : enduring underdevelopment / Rachel Sieder
    • (b) South Korea : from development to new challenges / Peter Ferdinand
    • Appendix 1: case study countries : basic indicators
    • Appendix 2 : case study countries : globalization rankings and scores, 2001
    • Appendix 3 : regional inter-governmental organizations in the developing world.
    Genre:
    Political science, Instructional and educational works
    Sujets: Developing countries | Politics and government
    Original Publisher: Oxford, New York, Oxford University Press
    Language(s): English