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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 320 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 235x156x18 mm, kaal: 487 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 21-Mar-2001
  • Kirjastus: Longman Publishing Group
  • ISBN-10: 0582437245
  • ISBN-13: 9780582437241
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 320 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 235x156x18 mm, kaal: 487 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 21-Mar-2001
  • Kirjastus: Longman Publishing Group
  • ISBN-10: 0582437245
  • ISBN-13: 9780582437241
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Peter Calvert (comparative and international politics, U. of Southampton) and Susan Calvert (Itchen College, Southampton) present an introduction to social, economic, and political issues in the Third World. Throughout the text, they focus on issues surrounding the environment, development, and democratization. A sampling of topics includes globalization, colonization, poverty, the World Bank, the impact of transnational media, military intervention, gender issues, and global warming. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) This basic and very popular introduction to the politics and society of the Third World is written and presented with the utmost clarity. The authors provide wide-ranging and balanced coverage of the major theoretical and methodological issues of this complex field. Carefully selected case studies support learning in the key areas and the four well-organized parts. Structured in 4 parts (The Third World; Social and Economic Contexts; Politics of the Third World; and Policy Issues) Politics and Society in the Third World
List of tables and maps
xii
List of plates
xiii
Preface to the second edition xxiii
List of abbreviations
xxv
Part I The Third World 1(68)
What is the Third World?
3(18)
Introduction
3(2)
Colonisation
5(1)
Independence
6(1)
Cold war rivalries
7(1)
The `end of history' and the Washington consensus
8(1)
The case of China
9(2)
Social and other indicators
11(3)
Globalisation
14(3)
Perspectives
17(2)
Themes of the book
19(2)
The shape of the Third World
21(28)
Physical location
21(3)
Main geographical features
24(4)
Agricultural activity
28(5)
Human settlement
33(10)
Communications
43(3)
Small island developing states
46(1)
The balance sheet: assets and problems
47(2)
The crisis of the Third World
49(20)
Poverty and basic needs
49(1)
Water
50(2)
Food
52(3)
Sanitation and health
55(6)
Case studies
61(3)
Housing
64(1)
Education
64(2)
Population growth
66(3)
Part II Social and economic contexts 69(66)
The economic context
71(29)
Introduction: competing theories
71(1)
The conservative tradition: modernisation theory
72(1)
Developmentalism
73(1)
The radical tradition: dependency
74(3)
Class and state
77(2)
Newly industrialising countries
79(5)
Debt
84(7)
Bretton Woods
91(1)
The International Monetary Fund
91(3)
The World Bank
94(1)
GATT and WTO
94(3)
Case study
97(2)
Conclusion
99(1)
The social context
100(18)
Introduction
100(1)
Impact of development on disadvantaged groups
100(2)
Ethnic cleavages
102(2)
Class and state
104(8)
The family
112(2)
Social factors favouring development
114(2)
Maintaining social provision in an evolving society
116(1)
Conclusion
117(1)
The cultural context
118(17)
Introduction
118(2)
The concept of modernity: competing cultures
120(2)
The global network
122(1)
Impact of transnational media
123(2)
Opinion formers
125(1)
News management and international perception of the Third World
126(1)
High culture
127(4)
Indigenous peoples
131(3)
Conclusion
134(1)
Part III Politics of the Third World 135(74)
State-building
137(18)
Introduction
137(2)
Nationalism
139(1)
Religion and ethnicity
140(2)
Case study
142(1)
Personalism
143(3)
Corruption
146(3)
Authoritarianism
149(1)
Coercive structures
150(2)
Who makes the law?
152(1)
The problem of the weak state
153(1)
Conclusion
154(1)
Democratisation
155(12)
Introduction
155(1)
Constitutions
156(1)
Interest groups
156(1)
Political parties and elections
157(1)
Rise and fall of the `one-party state'
158(3)
Presidential vs. parliamentary government
161(1)
Populism and democracy
162(2)
Empowerment and democratisation
164(1)
The growth of civil society
165(1)
Conclusion
166(1)
The armed forces and politics
167(15)
Introduction
167(1)
Military intervention
167(3)
Structure of armed forces
170(1)
Competing roles of armed forces: military, social, political
171(1)
Military developmentalism
172(1)
Military and civilian militarism
173(2)
Arms procurement
175(2)
Nuclear weapons in the Third World
177(1)
Chemical weapons
178(1)
Regional powers
179(2)
Conclusion
181(1)
The international dimension
182(27)
Introduction
182(1)
Intervention
182(4)
Non-alignment
186(1)
Third World conflicts
187(3)
The role of the United Nations
190(1)
Regional alignments
191(3)
Globalisation
194(1)
Transnational links
195(1)
Tourism
196(3)
Case studies
199(6)
Business and politics: taxation, tariffs and privatisation
205(1)
Conclusion
206(3)
Part IV Policy issues 209(58)
The right to development
211(24)
Introduction
211(3)
The right to development?
214(2)
Development strategies
216(2)
Transnational corporations
218(5)
Aid
223(4)
Whose aid is it anyway?
227(2)
NGOs and aid
229(1)
The importance of aid
230(1)
The future of aid
231(1)
South-South trade
232(1)
Conclusion
233(2)
Women
235(12)
Women and development
235(1)
Gender and society
236(2)
Women and work
238(3)
Women and children
241(2)
Women and political power
243(2)
Women and the neo-liberal ideology
245(2)
Environmental issues
247(15)
Environmental politics
247(1)
Environmental degradation
247(3)
Sustainable development
250(2)
Global warming
252(1)
Deforestation
253(1)
Biodiversity
254(1)
Democracy and the environment
255(1)
The UN and the environment
256(4)
Conclusion
260(2)
Conclusion
262(5)
The future
262(1)
The collapse of the `Second' World
263(1)
Modernisation in Asia
264(1)
The decline of Africa
264(1)
The deindustrialisation of Europe
265(1)
The future of the Pacific Rim
266(1)
First World and `Fourth' World
266(1)
References 267(14)
Index 281