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"This major new 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 text is organized around three key sections. The first outlines the difficulties in the various anal…
This new textbook provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the main analytical approaches to the study of third world politics and development. The author concludes the text with his own critique of the dominant civil society and social capital paradigm and advances ne…
This major new textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the main analytical approaches and their use in the study of Third World politics and development.
"This major new 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 text is organized around three key sections. The first outlines the difficulties in the various anal…
This major new textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the main analytical approaches and their use in the study of Third World politics and development.
Analisa a situação política brasileira contemporânea, examinando a relativa debilidade dos partidos políticos brasileiros. Identifica a presença de elementos que prejudicam a constituição dos partidos, a consolidação de suas bases sociais e de sua própria identidade, a sua capac…
Demanding Democracy argues that the democratizing coalition's success in Costa Rica and its failure in Guatemala rested on its capacity to redistribute elite property early and exercise effective political control of the countryside. The book's distinct theoretical approach inte…
In contrast to the common image of Cuba as a totalitarian dictatorship, Linda Fuller argues that, as Cuban socialism has matured, important democratic advances also have been made. Tracing the path of reform in the area of workplace democracy in Cuba over the last thirty years, …
Continuing ISEAS's focus on long term political and economic trends, this volume of nine essays points in two directions for the region: one of increasing democratization which coincides with rapid economic growth and change; the other diverging from such changes, although polit…
The 12 years of Lee Teng-hui's presidency were marked by a series of contrary trends such as progress in the consolidation of Taiwan's democracy, and periodic conflicts with China. This book assesses the complex legacy of Lee Teng-hui by looking at his accomplishments and setbac…
South Korea transformed itself from an authoritarian government into a new democracy with a capitalist economy. Covering developments through the 2003 elections, this book shows how the South Korean government and society have been shaped by the dynamics of these forces, and the…