Title: Redefining politics : people, resources, and power /
Authors: Leftwich, Adrian.
Publisher: Methuen,
Year: 1983
Subjects: Political science.; Political sociology.; Power (Social sciences)
Contents: PART 1 -- Redefining politics: the argument -- Sharing and equality in the Kalahari: the politics of the!Kung San -- Predatory politics: the Atzecs -- Cattle, kraals and pastures: the politics of the Pastoral Maasai -- From village to World Bank: politics in departments and institutions -- The politics of despair, dustbowls, disease and devastation -- PART 2 -- The politics of European expansion, conquest, and control -- Scarcity, inequality and imbalance: politics in Third World societies -- Equal rights, unequal opportunities: politics in industrial societies, the case of Britain (part 1) -- Equal rights, unequal opportunities (part 2) -- PART 3 -- Conclusions: the poverty of Politics; the possibilities of Politics.