Politics in the developing world
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
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Oxford, UK
Oxford University Press
[2014]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Peter Burnell, Lise Rakner, and Vicky Randall
- Part I: Approaches and global context
- Changing analytical approaches to the study of politics in the developing world / Vicky Randall
- Colonialism and post-colonial development / James Chiriyankandath
- Institutional perspectives / Lise Rakner and Vicky Randall
- The developing world in the global economy / Stephen Hobden
- The developing world in international politics / Stephen Hobden
- Part II: Society and state
- Inequality / Jenny Pearce
- Ethnopolitics and nationalism / James R. Scarritt
- Religion / Jeff Haynes
- Women and gender / Kathleen Staudt
- Civil society / Marina Ottaway
- Social movements and alternative politics / Siri Gloppen
- Part III: State and society
- Theorizing the state / Adrian Leftwich
- Violent conflict and intervention / Astri Suhrke and Torunn Wimpelmann
- Democratization / Peter Burnell and Lise Rakner
- Governance / Lise Rakner
- Part IV: Policy issues
- Development / Tony Addison
- Environment / Peter Newell
- Human rights / Michael Freeman
- Security / Nicole Jackson
- Part V: Regime change
- Pakistan : regime change and military power / David Taylor
- Indonesia : redistributing power / Edward Aspinall
- Part VI: Fragile versus strong states
- Iraq : from hard state to failed state, or fierce state? / Nadje Al-Ali and Nicola Pratt
- Mexico : transition to civil war democracy / Andreas Schedler
- South Korea : strong state, successful development / Peter Ferdinand
- Part VII: Development and human rights
- Nigeria : human rights, development, and democracy / Stephen Wright
- Guatemala : enduring underdevelopment / Rachel Sieder
- Part VIII: South-South relations
- Brazil as a global player? / Leslie Elliott Armijo
- China and the developing world / Deborah Bräutigam
- India as a 'post-colonial' development partner / Emma Mawdsley