Politics and society in the developing world /
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 boo...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2000.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=60588 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | Rev., updated ed. of: Politics and society in the Third World, 1993. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 238 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-228) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203158881 9780203158883 0203013298 9780203013298 9780415212335 0415212332 9780415212342 0415212340 1134615892 9781134615896 1134615906 9781134615902 1280333995 9781280333996 |