Politics in the developing world
By: edited by Peter Burnell and Vicky Randall.
Contributors: Burnell, Peter J.; Randall, Vicky.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 552
ISBN-13: 9780199296088
Subjects: Developing countries -- Politics and government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [529]-541) and index.
Table of contents: title: Approaches and global context; title: Analytical approaches to the study of politics in the developing world / Vicky Randall; title: Colonialism and post-colonial development / James Chiriyankandath; title: The developing world in the global economy / Stephen Hobden; title: The developing world in international politics / Stephen Hobden; title: Society and state; title: Inequality / Jenny Pearce; title: Ethnopolitics and nationalism / James R. Scarritt; title: Religion / Jeff Haynes; title: Women and gender / Kathleen Staudt; title: Civil society / Marina Ottaway; title: People power and alternative politics / Kurt Schock; title: State and society; title: Theorizing the state / Adrian Leftwich; title: State-building / Brian Smith; title: State collapse, civil conflict, and external intervention / Martin Doornbos; title: Democratization / Peter Burnell; title: Governance and conditionality in a globalizing world / Peter Burnell; title: Policy issues; title: Development / Tony Addison; title: Environment / Peter Newell; title: Human rights / Michael Freeman; title: Security / Nicole Jackson; title: Case studies: experiences compared; title: Disintegration or nation-building?; title: (a) Indonesia : copying with fragmentation / Edward Aspinall; title: (b) South Africa : from divided society to new nation / Robert A. Schrire; title: Civil society : active or passive?; title: (a) India : associational life and its discontents / Rob Jenkins; title: (b) Saudi Arabia : between tradition and modernity / David Pool, Peter Burnell, Vicky Randall; title: Military in politics versus democratic advance; title: (a) Pakistan : the military as a political fixture / David Taylor; title: (b) Nigeria : building political stability with democracy / Stephen Wright; title: (c) Mexico : democratic transition and beyond / Andreas Schedler; title: Underdevelopment and development; title: (a) Guatemala : enduring underdevelopment / Rachel Sieder; title: (b) South Korea : from development to new challenges / Peter Ferdinand; title: Appendix 1: case study countries : basic indicators; title: Appendix 2 : case study countries : globalization rankings and scores, 2001; title: Appendix 3 : regional inter-governmental organizations in the developing world.