Politics And Society In The Developing World

Author : Peter Calvert,Susan Calvert
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317865933

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Politics and Society in the Developing World by Peter Calvert,Susan Calvert Pdf

In a world seemingly surfing a wave of unprecedented affluence, it is sobering to be reminded that only thirty out of nearly two hundred countries can really be classified as advanced industrialized countries. Eighty per cent of the world's population lives in the developing world. This popular, concise introduction scrutinises the developing world, its varied political institutions and the key social, economic and environmental issues at the heart of contemporary debates. Wide-ranging and clearly written, Politics and Society in the Developing World begins by providing a brisk survey of the major theoretical and methodological interpretations of the social impact of development. It then details the factors which determine the parameters of the developing world before moving on to examine its infrastructure and the crises currently facing it. The book also covers the social and economic contexts of developing societies, the international arena and its impact on the developing world, state-building and the tension between dictatorship and democratization. The book focuses on four policy areas: aid, trade, tourism and the environment.

Author : Mehran Kamrava
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134615896

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Politics and Society in the Developing World by Mehran Kamrava Pdf

This book is a welcome new edition, which completely updates and revises the very popular first edition, Politics and Society in the Third World. Mehran Kamrava has brought the book in line with the major changes in global politics, and the politics and social issues of the developing world. The book examines key issues such as democratisation: civil society organisations and NGOs, 'political society', state collapse, democratic bargains and transition, consolidation and problems of legitimacy, elections, multi-party politics; industrial development; dependency theory and globalisation; the roles of the IMF and the World Bank, the GATT and other multinational institutions; urbanisation; social change; the increasing influence of western values, capital and institutions; urbanisation; social change; the increasing influence of western values, capital and institutions; political culture: its role and impact in newly democratic developing countries; revolution; and gives more examples from Africa, East Asia and rural societies.

Author : Peter Burnell,Vicky Randall,Lise Rakner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199666003

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Politics in the Developing World 4e by Peter Burnell,Vicky Randall,Lise Rakner Pdf

The fourth, thoroughly updated, edition of this well-respected textbook explores the changing nature of politics in the developing world. Leading experts in the field consider theoretical approaches, society-state relations, and policies, with a series of illustrative country-based case studies.

Author : Peter J. Burnell,Vicky Randall
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199296088

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Politics in the Developing World by Peter J. Burnell,Vicky Randall Pdf

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 ChinaWeb links from the bookFlashcard glossary

Author : E. Ike Udogu
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780810884762

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The Developing World by E. Ike Udogu Pdf

Nation-states in the developing world have seen a renaissance in their political, social, and economic structures. Newly industrializing countries like Brazil, Mexico, China, and India are poised to claim the 21st century as their own. But economic conditions in many nations of the developing world still leave much to be desired, especially with respect to its marginalized citizens, whose incomes are often less than two dollars a day. Scholars continue to ask what academics, political actors, economic entrepreneurs, and others—committed to tackling the bane of underdevelopment in the developing world—can do to improve the plight of these nations’ destitute populations. The Developing World: Critical Issues in Politics and Society explores the challenges presented by political, cultural, religious, social, and economic practices to the future development of these nation-states. The essays gathered here—written by seasoned scholars with deep social, political, and academic roots in Africa, Asia, and Latin America—explain how improvements in politics, social arrangements, and information communication technologies contribute to the effectiveness of emerging nations’ internal politics and their influence on world affairs. Individual essays consider such key issues as how to develop more efficiently the processes of liberal democratization how to apply more uniformly the law enforcement policies of governments to all citizens in a society how the marginalization of women hampers national development how the political development of Mexico as a “linguistic regional power” has influenced the rest of Central America how development and protection of the environment are linked how an effective application of information communication technologies can enhance the quality of education and boost growth at all levels in a polity This work will interest scholars focused on the developing world, social and public policy, international politics, and social and political theory.

Author : Brian Clive Smith
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0253342171

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Understanding Third World Politics by Brian Clive Smith Pdf

Praise for the first edition: "... this masterful and concise volume overviews the range of approaches social scientists have applied to explain events in the Third World." --Journal of Developing Areas Understanding Third World Politics is a comprehensive, critical introduction to political development and comparative politics in the non-Western world today. Beginning with an assessment of the shared factors that seem to determine underdevelopment, B. C. Smith introduces the major theories of development--development theory, modernization theory, neo-colonialism, and dependency theory--and examines the role and character of key political organizations, political parties, and the military in determining the fate of developing nations. This new edition gives special attention to the problems and challenges faced by developing nations as they become democratic states by addressing questions of political legitimacy, consensus building, religion, ethnicity, and class.

Author : Howard Handelman,Rex Brynen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781538116678

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Challenges of the Developing World by Howard Handelman,Rex Brynen Pdf

Challenges of the Developing World is a lively, up-to-date, and highly readable introduction to the key dynamics and issues of political, economic and social development in the “developing countries” of Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America.

Author : Mehran Kamrava
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0415090474

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Politics and Society in the Third World by Mehran Kamrava Pdf

Examines developing countries from social, cultural, political, and economic viewpoints, exploring the factors contributing to the presence or absence of democratic institutions

Author : Jeffrey Haynes
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2002-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0631225560

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Politics in the Developing World by Jeffrey Haynes Pdf

Purposefully written for those coming to politics for the first time, this textbook provides an exploration and analysis of the most important political issues affecting the Developing World. Offering a different perspective from standard texts in this field, Politics in the Developing World encourages an understanding of the breadth and nature of a range of pressing - and previously understated - issues: the striving for democracy; the political consequences of economic growth and development; the struggle of religious and ethnic minorities; women's and human rights; the impact of globalization; and the politics of the natural environment. Purposefully written for those coming to politics for the first time, this textbook provides an exploration and analysis of the most important political issues in the Developing World. Offering a different perspective from standard texts in this field, Politics in the Developing World encourages an understanding of the breadth and nature of a range of pressing - and previously understated - issues. This new edition of the text (previously titled Third World Politics: A Concise Introduction) has been completely rewritten, taking into account changes in the Developing World in the last decade. An increased focus on the international relations of the Developing World to complement those chapters concerned with domestic issues and with updated regional analyses and data throughout.

Author : Richard J. Payne,Jamal R. Nassar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317345473

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Politics and Culture in the Developing World by Richard J. Payne,Jamal R. Nassar Pdf

From decolonization and democratization to religion and gender, Politics and Culture in the Developing World is a comprehensive survey of the global context of development. With in-depth and current examples from Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East., this text examines the central political themes in the developing world. Throughout, Politics and Culture in the Developing World demonstrates how globalization both accelerates change and increases interdependence between developing and developed countries.

Author : Andy Baker
Publisher : CQ Press
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781071807088

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Shaping the Developing World by Andy Baker Pdf

Why are some countries rich and others poor? Colonialism, globalization, bad government, gender inequality, geography, and environmental degradation are just some of the potential answers to this complex question. Using a threefold framework of the West, the South, and the natural world, Shaping the Developing World provides a logical and intuitive structure for categorizing and evaluating the causes of underdevelopment. This interdisciplinary book also describes the social, political, and economic aspects of development and is relevant to students in political science, international studies, geography, sociology, economics, gender studies, and anthropology. The Second Edition has been updated to include the most recent development statistics and to incorporate new research on topics like climate change, democratization, religion and prosperity, the resource curse, and more. This second edition also contains expanded discussions of gender, financial inclusion, crime and police killings, and the Middle East, including the Syrian Civil War.

Author : Colin Leys
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521144485

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Politics and Change in Developing Countries by Colin Leys Pdf

This 1969 work gathers together essays on Third World development by nine social scientists with diverse academic interests. These contributions are united by a relative uncertainty in relation to development, derived from the contemporary critical reappraisal of the area, together with a need to create fresh methodologies for the advancement of their respective fields.

Author : Taysir N. Nashif
Publisher : Academic Publishers
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : 8187504617

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Government, the Intellectual, and Society in the Third World by Taysir N. Nashif Pdf

Author : Jeffrey Haynes
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780745666969

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Democracy and Civil Society in the Third World by Jeffrey Haynes Pdf

This book provides an accessible account of popular political, social and economic movements in the Third World. Focusing on poor and marginalized groups within developing countries, it shows how these groups have been stimulated into action by recent demands for political and economic change. Haynes describes the growing interest in democratic change in the Third World during the 1980s and 1990s, and argues that demands for democracy, human rights and economic change were a widespread catalyst for the emergence of hundreds of thousands of popular movements in Latin America, Africa and Asia. Sometimes these took the form of demands for more political representation and greater economic development; others were concerned with environmental protection, the broad position of women and the establishment of Islamic states and societies. Haynes argues that these emerging popular organizations are best regarded as building blocks of civil society that, in time, will enhance the democratic nature of many political environments in the Third World. The book will be welcomed by students and researchers in development studies, politics and sociology.

Author : Olle Törnquist
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1998-12-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781446265437

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Politics and Development by Olle Törnquist Pdf

This major textbook provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the main analytical approaches and their use in the study of third world politics and development. The author outlines the difficulties in the various analytical approaches to the study of development within political science; presents a critical overview of each of the main schools of thought and explores the contemporary issue of democratization to illustrate how students can apply a framework for research and critically develop a perspective on their own.