Title: The changing political economy of the Third World /
Authors: Dorraj, Manochehr
Publisher: L. Rienner,
Year: 1995
Subjects: Developing countries Economic conditions.; Developing countries Social conditions.; Developing countries Politics and government.
Abstract: "This book presents a historical and theoretical appraisal of the new realities facing the Third World introducing students to a uniquely Third World perspective that shows not only how the governments, but more importantly the people of the Third World are affected by recent international events."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Introduction : the changing context of Third World political economy / Manochehr Dorraj -- Debt, democracy, and neoliberalism in Latin America : losses and gains of the "lost decade" / Michael W. Foley -- The changing political economy of the Caribbean / Margaretta DeMar -- The political economy of centralization and delayed capitalism in sub-Saharan Africa / Antony T.K. Gadzey -- State, petroleum, and democratization in the Middle East and North Africa / Manochehr Dorraj -- The political economy of growth in Southeast and Northeast Asia / Richard F. Doner and Gary Hawes -- The changing political economy of China / Robert E. Gamer -- Foreign aid in the 1990s : the new realities / John W. Newark -- The Third World agenda in environmental politics : from Stockholm to Rio / Marian A.L. Miller -- Women under layers of oppression : the (un)changing political economy of gender / Zehra F. Arat.