Politics in the developing world

by Burnell, Peter, (Burnell, Peter J.) Rakner, Lise Randall, Vicky

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This well respected textbook is fully up-to-date with recent development policies and important global events. New chapters on the role of institutions, the transition of the state from conflict to post-conflict, and the impact of international aid ensure it remains the most comprehensive introduction to politics in the developing world.

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Full title :Politics in the developing world

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Publication Date:2011
Edition:3. ed

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Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011

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Description:xxxviii, 537 s

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780199570836, 0199570833
oclc:ocn763132031
LC Classification:JF60
Dewey Decimal:320.91724

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. Institutional perspectives; 4. The developing world in the global economy; 5. The developing world in international politics PART 2: SOCIETY AND STATE; 6. Inequality; 7. Ethnopolitics and nationalism; 8. Religion; 9. Women and gender; 10. Civil society; 11. People power and alternative politics; PART 3: STATE AND SOCIETY; 12. Theorizing the state; 13. From conflict to peace-building; 14. Democratization; 15. Governance and aid conditionality in a globalizing world; PART 4: POLICY ISSUES; 16. Development; 17. Environment; 18. Human rights; 19. Security; PART 5: CASE STUDIES: EXPERIENCES COMPARED; 20. Disintegration or nation-building?; a) Indonesia: coping with fragmentation; b) South Africa: from divided society to new nation c) Iraq: triple challenge -- state, nation, and democracy; 21. Military in politics versus democratic advance; a) Pakistan: the military as a political fixture; b) Nigeria: building political stability with democracy; c) Mexico: democratic transition and beyond; 22. Development and und…